Alan Bernard Hughes 15 February 2009

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2
Latin
text

roman
and
italic,
standard
shapes,
standard
parts,
suitable
for text
Serif style 0 any 1 no fit
2
cove .
3
obtuse
cove

4
square
cove

5
obtuse
square
cove

6
square
7
thin
8
oval
9
asym-
metri-
cal

10
triangle
11
normal
sans

12
obtuse
sans


13
perpen-
dicular
sans
f
14
flared
15
rounded
weight
0 any
1 no fit
2
very
light

3
light

4
thin

5
book

6
medium

7
demi

8
bold

9
heavy

10
black

11
extra
black

proportion
0 any
1 no fit
2 old style
3 modern
4 even width
5 extended
6 condensed
7
very
extended
8
very
condensed
9
mono-
spaced
contrast
0=any 1=no fit
2

none
3 very low
4 low
5 medium low
6

medium
7 medium high
8 high
9
O
very high
stroke variation
(O)
0 any
1 no fit
2 no variation
3 diagonal
4 transitional
5/7/9 vertical
6/8/10 horizontal
3-6 gradual
7-8 rapid
9-10 instant
arm style (& serif)
0 any
1
no fit
(horseshoe A)
2/7 horizontal
3/8 wedge
4/9 vertical
5/10 single serif
6/11 double serif
2-6 straight
7-11 non straight
letterform
(roundness &
skewing)
0 any
1 no fit
2/9 contact
3/10 weighted
4/11 boxed
5/12 flattened
6/13 rounded
7/14 off centre
8/15 square
2-8 normal
9-15 oblique
mid-line E/A, apex A
0=any 1=no fit
2/5/8/11
trimmed P
3/6/9/12
pointed A
4/7/10/13
serifed P
2-4
E
5-7

8-10

11-13

x-height &
accented
caps
0=any 1=no fit
2-4
c
5-7

2/5
.
3/6
x x x x
4/7
x x x x
3
Latin
Script

not part
of a book
family

Tool kind 0=any 1=no fit
2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9
Wll W
spacing
0 any
1 no fit
2
i
propor-
tional
M

3

mono-
spaced


aspect
ratio
(capital O)
0 any
1 no fit
2
very
condensed
3 condensed
4 normal
5 expanded
6
very
expanded
contrast
0-9
(as in Latin
Text 5)






topology
0 any 1 no fit
2/5/8

3/6/9
4/7/10

2-4

5-
7

8-10

form (wrap/slope)
0 any 1 no fit
2/6/
10
3/7/
11
4/8/
12 ~
5/9/
13 .
2-5
L
6-9
1
10-13
/
finials ( ) & loops (l)
0 any 1 no fit
2/5/
8/11
3/6/
9/12

4/7
10/13
2-4

none
5-7

sharp
8-10

tapered
11-3

rounded
x-ascent
0=any 1=no fit
2
.
3
.
4
.
5

6
A
4
Latin
Decorative


designed
for impact;
also
small caps
Class 0 any 1 no fit
2
stan-
dard
A
3
topo-
logy

4
elem-
ents

5
aspect

6
initials

7
cartoon

8
stems

9
orna-
ment

10
back-
ground

11
collage
12
montage
aspect
0 any
1 no fit
2
super
condensed
3
very
condensed
4 condensed
5 normal
6 extended
7
very
extended
8
super
extended
contrast
0-9
(as in Latin
Text 5)

10
horizontal
low
11
horizontal
medium
12
horizontal
high
13 broken
Serif style
0-15
as in in Latin
Text 2

16 script



fill
0 any 1 no fit
2
A
3

4

5

6

7
A
lining 0=any 1=no fit
2
A
3
inline
4
outline
5

engraved
6
shadow
7 A
relief
8
backdrop
topology 0=any 1=no fit
2
A
3

4

5

6

7
8

9

10
SMALL
CAPS
11

12

13
E
14

15

range of
characters
0 any
1 no fit
2
extended
collection
3
litterals
only
4
no lower
case
5
small
caps
5
Latin
Picture
Kind 0=any 1=no fit 2

3 pictures 4

5

7 expert 8 patterns 9

10 icons 11 logos 12 industry specific
1
spacing
0-3
as in Latin
Script 4


1
character 94 character 119 character 157 character 163 character 211
aspect ratio (ratio of width to height)
0
any
1
no fit
2
no width
(no glyph)
3

4
P
5
P
6
F
7
f
8
f
9