Typography Vocabulary Quiz

What is the height of a capital letter measured from the beeline?

• Cap-Height

• X-Height

• Baseline

• Descender

What is the height of lowercase letters based on the height of lowercase x?

• Cap-Height

• X-Height

• Baseline

• Descender

The invisible line whre all characters sit?

• Cap-Height

• X-Height

• Baseline

• Descender

The invisible line marking the lowest point of the descender within a font?

• Cap-Height

• X-Height

• Baseline

• Descender

Any linear element in typography called?

• Stroke

• Stem

• Stress

• Foot

What is the main vertical stroke in typography called?

• Stroke

• Stem

• Stress

• Foot

What is the thick-to-thin transition in the stroke of a letter called?

• Stroke

• Stem

• Stress

• Foot

What is the bottom of the stem that rests on the baseline called?

• Stroke

• Stem

• Stress

• Foot

What is the horizontal stroke not connected to the stem on at least one end called?

• Arm

• Ascender

• Descender

• Shoulder

What is the rise above the x-height called?

• Arm

• Ascender

• Descender

• Shoulder