RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Type Evidence

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<< Type sizes (Gathering term; do not assign) | Typeface elements | Standard View | Typefaces >>

Typeface elements

. Apices

. Arms

. Ascenders

. Axes

.. Slants

. Backs

. Bevels

. Bowls

. Brackets

. Counters

. Crossbars

. Descenders

. Ears

. Faces

. Feet

. Fronts

. Grooves

. Height-to-paper

.     SN: The height of the type from foot to face. Used for
. describing sorts.

. Kerns

. Ligatures

. Links

. Loops

. Nicks

. Pin marks

. Serifs

.. Hairline serifs

.. Hooked serifs

.. Slab serifs

.. Spur serifs

.. Square serifs

.. Tapered serifs

.. Wedge serifs

. Shoulders

. Stems

. X-heights

. Y-heights

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