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antique (a) A seriffed typeface whose strokes vary little in weight, with slightly
bracketed slab serifs, such as Bookman; (b) a sans serif face in general, such
as Antique Olive.
apex The top point of a character such as a capital A, or the point at which
two strokes join, as in the center of certain Ws.
arm The horizontal stroke of a character such as an F.
ascender The part of a character that rises above the height of most lowercase
letters, such as the vertical stroke of a b or d.
ascender line An imaginary line to which the ascending characters of a type-
face reach.
ascii The American Standard Code fo ...
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