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An ampersand (&), also commonly called an “and sign” is a logogram representing the conjunction “and.” The symbol is a ligature of the letters in et, Latin for “and.”

A blackletter, also known as Gothic script or Gothic minuscule, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 to 1500.

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Chancery is a style of type based on Renaissance manuscripts of papal scribes. Each scribe usually developed a personal style, though chancery generally consists of sweeping, fluid lines and a relatively tall x-height.

A dash (–) is a punctuation mark, It is longer than a hyphen and is used differently. There are two types of dashes: “M” dashes and “N” dashes. “M” dashes are longer, about the width of an “M” from the same typeface.

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An ellipsis is a row of three full stops (… or . . . ) or asterisks (***) indicating an intentional omission. This punctuation mark is also called a suspension point, points of ellipsis, periods of ellipsis, or colloquially, dot-dot-dot.

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A fist is a rare punctuation mark. This symbol is now rarely used, but was formerly included in lists of the standard punctuation marks. Its typical use is as a bullet-like symbol to direct the reader’s attention to important text.

A typographic grid is a two-dimensional structure, made up of a series of intersecting vertical and horizontal axes used to structure content.

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A hairline is a line used as a stroke or serif. This is the thinnest line possible that can be printed. In type with hairlines, reverses and overprints cause problems in printing.

An italic is a cursive typeface based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting. They are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc.

Justification (can also be referred to as ‘full justification’) is the typographic alignment setting of text or images within a column or “measure” to align along both the left and right margin.

Kerning is the typesetting of two letters in a given font closer together than would otherwise be expected. It also refers to information embedded in the font which specifies which letters should be closer together or farther apart than usual.

A ligature occurs where two or more letter-forms are joined as a single glyph. Ligatures usually replace two sequential characters sharing common components.

A music notation or musical notation is any system which represents aurally perceived music through the use of written symbols. � ���

A numeral system or system of numeration, is a mathematical notation for representing a set of numbers by symbols in a consistent manner.

An ornament is a decorative detail used to embellish specific parts of an image. It can also be a digital type where each character is a small graphic or icon.

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A pica is a unit of measurement equalling 1/6 of an inch or 4.24 millimeters.

A question mark (?), also known as an interrogation point, question point, query,[1] or eroteme, is a punctuation mark that replaces the full stop at the end of an interrogative sentence.

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A roman type is the “regular” or upright counterpart of an italic typeface, regardless of whether the type is serif or sans-serif.

Serifs are non-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols. A font that has serifs is called a serif font. A font without serifs is called sans-serif.

A terminal is a circular ‘blob’ shape at the end of a stroke on certain letterforms of some serif fonts.

Upper case, also called capital letters or majuscules (in the Roman alphabet: A, B, C, D, ...) are one type of case in a writing system. UCCCCCCUUUUCCCUUUUUCCUUCCCCUUUUUUUUU

Versals are oversized initial letters commonly blackamoor in flushed or chromatic and defined by increased curves, plumb strokes, and serifs.

Weight refers to the density of letters, the lightness or heaviness of the strokes in a typeface. It is described as a continuum: light, regular, book, demi, bold, heavy, black, and extra bold.

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X-height or corpus size refers to the distance between the baseline and the mean line in a typeface. Typically, this is the height of the letter x in the font.

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Z is the twenty-sixth and final letter of the modern Latin alphabet. In British English, the letter’s name is zed. In American English dialects, its name is zee.