> For this and all the other typography (as opposed to paleography) terms,
> see:
>
http://www.adobe.com/support/techguides/printpublishing/typography_basics/letterform_anatomy/main.html
>
> Leona
pALEOGRAPHY? nOW i *DO* FEEL OLD ...
:-(
[I really do feel that knowledge of the Half Uncial hand trumps knowing that
the answer to cris' question about the body of "o" is x-height. Which I
googled before and independently of Leona's site -- for which much
thanks! -- but backchanneled to cris by mistake.
Of to chip my memoirs into granite with a steel chisel.
<g> ]
rOBIN
(Yeah, so OK, I accidentally hit the caps lock -- so sue me.
CP3O)
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