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TYPOGRAPHY PROJECT 2  9/10/19 Yeoh Wen Jun ( 0334234 ) Typography Project 1 Week 7 (9/10/2019) Describing Letterforms This week we are going to start our project two which we needed to create our own font. Before we start our second project, we learn about letterforms. It is the anatomy of typography, and there is a lot of parts, for example, baseline, median, x-height, stroke, apex, vertex, arm, spine, stem, ascender, barb, beak, bowl, bracket, crossbar, cross stroke, crotch, descender, ear, em, en, finial, leg and so on. Fg.1.1 The Anatomy of Typography Ligature- The character formed by the combination of two or more letterforms. Fg. 1.2 Example of Ligature Link - The stroke that connects the bowl and the loop of a lowercase g. Fg. 1.3 Example of link, loop, and ear Stress - The orientation of the letterform, indicated by the thin stroke in round forms. Fg. 1.4 Example of stress Swash - The flourish that extends the stoke of the letterform. ...