What Is Typography? — Letter Anatomy

TL;DR — A typography course handout on letterform anatomy — the vocabulary for seeing type.

A week-two course handout on letter anatomy — the parts of a letterform and the terms for them, which is the vocabulary that makes type visible rather than transparent.

Its example is nicely chosen: a TV schedule read as a time machine, where the type dates each show as precisely as the titles do.

Pairs with U&lc: Upper and Lower Case, Vol. 20 No. 4 and Müller-Brockmann’s grid manual.

Where this came from

• Brendan Sheehan’s public are.na channel

40 pages. A copy is archived locally against link rot; the header links the original source.