Glossary

Within the vast realms of typography, text, and fonts, the glossary compiles an extensive range of definitions, encompassing a multitude of commonly used terms. Whether to gain a deeper understanding of typographic nuances or explore the intricacies of font design, this section provide succinct yet comprehensive explanations.

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I-S

Icon & symbol

Icon font

Ink trap

Instance

Interpolation

Italic

Italic axis (ital)

Kerning & kerning pairs

Latin

Legibility

Letterform

Lettering

Letters

Licensing

Ligature

Line height & leading

Lockup

Logo, logomark, logotype

Masters

Material Symbols

Measure, or line length

Monolinear

Monospace axis (MONO)

Monospaced

Morph axis (MORF)

Multiplexed, duplexed, or uniwidth

Numerals, or figures

Oblique

OpenType

Optical Size axis (opsz)

Optical sizes

Ordinals

Overshoot

Parametric Ascender Height axis (YTAS)

Parametric Counter Width axis (XTRA)

Parametric Descender Depth axis (YTDE)

Parametric Figure Height axis (YTFI)

Parametric Lowercase Height axis (YTLC)

Parametric Thick Stroke axis (XOPQ)

Parametric Thin Stroke axis (YOPQ)

Parametric Uppercase Height axis (YTUC)

Parametric axis

Parametric font

Placeholder text

Point size

Quotation mark

Rag

Readability

Reflow

Regular, or upright

Reversed-out

Rhythm

Rotation in X axis (XROT)

Rotation in Y axis (YROT)

Rotation in Z axis (ZROT)

Roundness axis (ROND)

Sans serif

Scale

Scanlines axis (SCAN)

Script

Script (typeface style)

Script (writing system)

Serif

Shaping

Sharpness axis (SHRP)

Slab serif, Egyptian, or Clarendon

Slant axis (slnt)

Small caps

Softness axis (SOFT)

Spaces

Spacing

Spacing axis (SPAC)

Stroke

Style

Stylistic sets

Subsetting

Superfamily

Superscript & subscript

Swash glyph

System font, or web-safe font

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