typography

There are many different terms for the different types of fonts there are on a computer. As you can see in my picture it illustrates these different types. For one italics is when the letter is slightly slanted, or the ascender is the part of the letter that sticks upwards outside of the x-height, like the h, and the descender is the part that sticks below the x-height, like the g. Sans-serif is the type of font that has all smooth sides on all of its letters while serif is when they have semi-structured details on the ends of the letters. The x-height is the height of the lower case x from the top to the bottom which most lower case letters all fit. Typography can be very helpful to show or express writing in a different way which can evoke a different feeling from just the font type.