Anatomy of the logotype

You are probably working with fonts from some time now.. and you don’t consider yourself as a type nerd, but it’s a good thing to go back to the basics and check what’s what.

Here you go – practice :

Stem

Counter

Shoulder

Serif

Ascender

Arc of stem

Link

Loop

Ear

Serif

Arm

Crossbar

Ascent

Ascender line

Cap height

X-height

Baseline

Descender line

Descent

Apex

Aperture

Finial

Axis

Crotch

Leg

Chin

Swash

Spine

Flag

Tail

Adnate

Abrupt

Beak

Lachrymal

etc.

There are many posters and pictures of the anatomy of the letters, but I believe this one is good example.

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