The degree to which a typeface is legible is controlled by the face’s designer. Legibility, Legibility and readability are closely related but not the same. And the loop is the enclosed (or partially enclosed) counter below the double decker g baseline. Link and Loop, The link is the stroke that connects the top and bottom bowls of double decker g’s. And I would love it to be an interactive source of information for the Typograph.Community - so if there is a term, thinking or theme you would like to see explained here please let me know! It is my intention to expand this glossary overtime. A visual glossary to explore the vocabulary of visual communication as it is used within its pages. there are loads of great academic and theory textbooks out there covering type and typography for the readers that want to go deep (many of them are listed in the references sections of the journal!).īut It is really important to me the Typograph.Journal is an inclusive document, that it is conversational, easily understood and accessible to all those with an interest in how we visually communicate.Īs a result I wanted to develop some online content to accompany the journal.

We are all at different points in our creative journey and I recognize I can't write one text to please everyone. It can be challenging to write for a broad audience. The Typograph.Community is made up of a diverse bunch of curious creatives, some with very deep knowledge of the mechanics of type and others with more enthusiasm than technical understanding.

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