Baseline: the imaginary line which the letters in a font appear to rest
Cap height: the height from the baseline to the top of the uppercase letters (not including diacritics)
X-Height: The height of the lowercase letters, disregarding ascenders of descenders, typically exemplified by the letter X
Copy: a large body of text
Bracket: A curved or wedge like connection between the stem and serif of some fonts
Terminal: The end of any stroke that doesn't have a stroke
Roman: original or base typeface
Bowl: enclosed space e.g. in the 'b'
Italic: Totally redesigned, slanted font. Usually serif
Oblique: Skewed and slanted letterform; reflected original design. Usually sans serif
Descender/Ascender: Part of a letter that extends below or above the baseline of x-height
Superscript: A letter, figure or symbol placed above the normal line of height
Subscript: Below normal line of type
Strikethrough: Used to signify mistake or recently deleted information. Current trend to misuse
Counter: Enclosed or partly enclosed circular or curved negative space
Eye: Specific to lowercase e
Aperture: Partially enclosed, somewhat rounded negative space in some characters. Upper part of double storey 'a'
Crossbar: 'A, 'H' line joining
Ear: e.g. the line on the top storey of a serif G
Link/Neck: Line joining storeys of a serif G
Colophon: Typographic and/or production specs
Ligature: Connected letters
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