deviant art

Deviant Login
Buy ArtBuy T-Shirts & Gear Buy adCast Buy Premium Membership
Shop		  Join deviantART for FREE Take the Tour
CATEGORY
×
Mature content Hidden
Found 3 relevant deviations
[x]  
Join Now  Buy T-Shirts & Gear  Advertise Here
ABCs of Text Art & Typography // #1: A - H#projecteducate  presents: ABCs of Text Art & Typography.
#1: A - H.
Read and enjoy :la:  And maybe even learn something ;)
A
Anagram
If you saw The DaVinci Code or read the Harry Potter books you have stumbled over Anagrams. You use the letters of a word to form a new word; like Tom Marvolo Riddle = I am Lord Voldemort or Army = Mary.
ASCII
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It contains the letters of the english alphabet and is used for encoding. It is also used to create ASCII Art, which you can find at Digital Art > Text Art > ASCI
Ambigram
An Ambigram is a typographical design that when turned for for example 180° reads the same like before. Type is either edited or drawn (Calligraphy) to create the design.
Most letters in words have to be edited to create an anbmigram, but other words like "opABCs of Text Art & Typography // #1: A - H2 years ago in Community Relations
18 Comments
More Like This
ABCs of Text Art & Typography // #2: I - R#projecteducate  presents: ABCs of Text Art & Typography.
Today:  #1 //  I - R.
Read and enjoy :la:  And maybe even learn something ;)
I
Initial
Stands at the beginning of a copytext; a chapter or a paragraph. It is considerably bigger than the rest of the copy, usually several lines high. It can be a simple letter or an decorated character.
A fine example of creating initials is the Daily Drop Cap Blog by Jessica Hische.
:thumb103628124:
Italic
Is a cursive font style based on handwriting. The typeface is usually slanting to the right, on serif fonts serifs and vertical lines may become rounder and curvy; on sans serif fonts occasionally serifs are added on the italic style.
It is supposed to be the handwritten version of the typeface in use, therefore it ABCs of Text Art & Typography // #2: I - R2 years ago in Community Relations
5 Comments
More Like This
ABCs of Text Art & Typography // #3: S - Z#projecteducate  presents: ABCs of Text Art & Typography.
Today:  #3 //  S - Z.
Read and enjoy :la:  And maybe even learn something ;)
S
Serif
Is a characteristic of a typeface. It is a style element added to the end of strokes on a typeface. It is characteristic for Roman typefaces.
Serif fonts on a copy text are easier to read in print publications than other fonts.
Sans-Serif
Is a typeface without Serifs, Sans being french for without. Sans-Serif typefaces can be referred to as Grotesque or Gothic typefaces.
Sans-Serif fonts ona  copy text are easier to read on online publications, because Serif fonts would blur too much when reading long paragraphs.
Specimen
A sample sheet of a font can be called Specimen. It shows the glyphs contained in a font and different style of the typeface. Often a Pangram is included to show the range of a typeface. FontdesignABCs of Text Art & Typography // #3: S - Z2 years ago in Community Relations
5 Comments
More Like This
End of Results
©2013 deviantART. All rights reserved
About Us | Contact Us | Developers | Careers | Site Tour | Help & FAQ Advertise | Premium Membership Etiquette | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Copyright Policy