A printing press that uses movable type and punches to make impressions on paper.
Also known as caps, a type property that specifies that all letters in a body of text are capitalised.
A photograph that is purchased and licensed for exclusive use by an individual or business.
The art and discipline of putting together set of typefaces into a harmonious and readable type system. A typeface designer spends much time considering many things such as clear visual message, readability at different sizes, legibility at small point sizes, ease of use for printing processes on its own or over the top of other fonts.
A type of font that comes pre-installed in an operating system.
Framing consisting of cutting off or obscuring most of the surrounding of a subject, removing distractions from the background and emphasising the subject.
The distance between two points of extrusion or an object. It can also be defined as the measurement of size.
Also called a line break, when you want to keep the text in one paragraph and not follow it with an airy space.
A measure of the ease of understanding text.
The small decorative stroke at the end of a stroke in a letter, or a typeface.
The name, logo, and other identifying information at the top of a newspaper or magazine publication.