Post#15 Video#4 Typography

Define typography?
A: The appearance of typed matter.
What is the difference between font and a typeface?
A: The difference between them is
What is the waist line and what does it indicate? What is a base line and what does it indicate?
A: It indicates an area that is enclosed in a letter. 
What is x height?
A: the height of a letter. 
What is an ascender?
A: A part of a letter that goes above the ascender line.What is a descender?
A: A part of a letter that goes below the descender line. 
Describe a serif?
A: It is a part of a lowercase letter that rise before the x height.  
What is kerning
A: Adjusting the soace between letters. 
What is a point? How many points are in an inch? 
A: It is a measurement that determines spacing and text size/72
What is a pica and how many are in an inch?
A: Unit of typeface/6
How many points are in a pica?
A: 12
When was Blackletter invented and how was it used?
A: 12th century
Describe the characteristics of a Blackletter typeface?
A: Narrow, tall letters.
When was Old Style invented and what was is based on?
A: Early Roman time/ Has little contrast from thick and thin strokes. 
Describe the characteristics of an Old Style typeface?
A: Little contrast from thick and thin strokes. 
When were formal scripts developed?
A: 17th century 
When were casual scripts developed?
A: mid-20th century 
Describe the characteristics of a Script typeface?
A: Based on habdwriting and two types: formal and casual. 
When was Modern typefaces developed and why?
A: 19th century 
Describe the characteristics of a Modern typeface?
A: Even weighted lines
How early can Sans Serif typefaces be found? What happened? 
A: 5th century BC
What does "sans serif" mean?
A: Without serifs
Describe the characteristics of a Sans Serif typeface?
A: No serifs.
When was Slab Serif developed and why?
A: 1815 and 1817
Describe the characteristics of a Slab Serif typeface?
A; Thick serifs and thick in general 
Describe Decorative typefaces?
A: Popular in headlines and short phrases.