Our first task of the lecture was to create a typeface anatomy diagram using the name of our business or your name, I chose to go with my name as it was longer and could present more of the characteristics of the typeface. when doing this exercise I found out the little details of the typefaces and their names. I used a serif typeface as it has more characteristics. I found out different characteristics and names of the typeface characteristics that I had never come across such as the dot above lowercase i and j are called a tittle and that the gap in the middle of some letters like o is called a counter and this can be opened or closed. I enjoyed this task as it allowed me to understand the typeface and also collect new terminology that I might have used beforehand.

• cap height - the height of the typeface uppercase letters form a baseline to the top of letters.
• x-height - the distance between the baseline and the mean line of lowercase letters in a typeface.
• baseline - The baseline is the invisible line upon which letters rest
• hairline - the thinnest stroke found in a specific typeface that consists of strokes of varying widths.
• bracket - a curved or wedge-like connection between the stem and serif of some fonts. Not all serifs are bracketed.
• apex - The point at the top of a character such as the uppercase A where the left and right strokes meet
• crossbar - lines that connect, as in A and H, or cross other strokes.
• counter-closed - space in the middle of a letter form that is completely sealed
• stem - vertical stroke of a typeface
• tittle - the dot above a letter such as j and i
• cross stroke - the horizontal line through the vertical of a t or f.
• ascender - upward part of the letterform that extends over the x-height.
• arm - a horizontal or upward-sloping stroke not connected at one end
• terminal - the end of a stroke or a serif in a letterform
• eye - the enclosed space in a lowercase 'e
• bowl - The fully closed, rounded part of a letter
• counter - open - A counter is the transparent (negative or white) space enclosed inside a letterform
• overshoot- overshoot is the degree to which capital letters go below the baseline or above the cap height