Typeface Part 2

Typeface Part 2

What is the difference between a typeface and a font?

A typeface is a particular style of a font, e.g. Ascender, Decender, X-height, Serif, Upper case, Lower case, Point size, Ligature and Baseline. This changes an exsisting font by increasing how wide it is, how thick it is or making it italic. Where as a font is how the text is actually shown and displayed and only changes the presentation.

What is the difference between a Serif and a Sans-Serif font?

A Serif font is a font that adds edges/tales to all of its letters. This can be used to make a font look more high-class and professional the font looks quite like the sub header used. A Sans-Serif font is completely oppisite to the Serif font, instead of adding the edges/tales to all the letters is removes them making the text look more round and easy to read.

Parts of a typeface

Ascender:

Bad x

This is an Ascender because the 'd' in 'Bad' goes above the x height.

Descender:

Easy x

This is a Descender because the 'y' in 'Easy' goes below the x height.

X-height:

x

The X-height is the height from the bottom of the 'x' to the top of the 'x'.

Serif:

Gotten

The added edges/tales on the ends of each of the letters.

Upper Case:

HELLO

Letters that are capital and are bigger than there original.

Lower Case:

hello

Letters that are in there normal state with no added features.

Point Size:

Bay

The point size is the distance from the highest point (Very top of the 'B') to the lowest point (Lowest part of the 'y')

Ligature:

A Ligature is where one letter links up with another letter like the 'fi' in this photo. This is used quite often because it is apparently easier to read when letters are joined up together.

Baseline:

x yes

The baseline is the line measured under the letters but only from the bottom of the 'x' the tail on the 'y' breaks the baseline.

What is Kerning, tracking and Leading and how are they different?

Kerning:
Kerning is where the spaces between letters has either been reduced or increase to make it look more appealing to the eye.

How to Kern in Indesign:

To kern in Indesign you will have to highlight your desired text and find the option displayed and either click the negatives to reduce the spaces between the letters or the positives to increase.













Tracking
Tracking is where the space between a group of letter has been reduced or increase instead of making it look more appealing this make the text as a whole easy to read and more closed in or wide spread.

How to Track in Indesign:
To use tracking in your work you will have to o to InDesign > Preferences > Composition and Select Custom Tracking/Kerning, and then click OK.









I found out how to do this by reading: http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/typespacing/a/kerningtracking.htm

Leading
Leading is the distance between the baseline and the other baseline either below on above the text.

How to change the leading in Indesign:

To change the leading you will have to find the leading menu which looks like this and change the value to what you desire.

I found out how to do this by reading:
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/leading.html