T
- tabular figures
Numerals designed to be monospaced so they will line up in columns of numbers.
- tail
The descender of Q or the diagonal stroke at the bottom of R or j.
- terminal
The end of a stroke of a letter that doesn’t end with a serif, as in e or r.
- text wrap
When the edge of a text block wraps around the edge of a graphic.
- thick/thin
Refers to the change of stroke weight in a letterform as it moves from the thin point to the thicker part.
- thin space
A non-breaking space one-quarter width of the point size in use.
- tracking
Adjusting the space between glyphs in a range of text. Often this is called range kerning.
- true-drawn
Refers to typeface variations that have been drawn by the type designer rather than modified by the computer. ...
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