Parts of a Letter

Typography is one of those things that is very overlooked and forgotten about unless you are asked to look more closely at it. We see words everyday but we do not stop to think about all the different sizes and type design that we are looking at. Sometimes they are arranged so that it is much harder to understand or better make out what the word is, and sometimes they are very distinctive, such as a plane serif font. Until i read this reading on parts of a letter i did not know there were so many parts of a letter to be identified, and that just by making a stroke width thicker than the other, it creates a different design. Another thing that brought my attention is that all letters (are supposed to) sit on a baseline which reminds me of when i was first learning to right and we were always given assignments where our letters fit perfectly in the baseline, and now i seem to neglect that aspect of typography. Although i know that most people don't have a care in the world if a words letter has an apex or a bowl, or a bard, or crossbar, a word is a word and we read it all the same; however i do think it is interesting to think we don't read words any differently no matter what parts of a letter a word has or doesn't have.

FOLLOW

FOLLOW

v. fol·lowed, fol·low·ing, fol·lows v.tr. 1. To come or go after; proceed behind: Follow the usher to your seat. 2. a. To go after in or as if in pursuit: "The wrong she had done followed her and haunted her dream" (Katherine Anne Porter). b. To keep under surveillance: followed the suspect around town. 3. a. To move along the course of; take: We followed a path to the shore. b. To go in the direction of; be guided by: followed the sun westward across the plains; followed the signs to the zoo. 4. To accept the guidance, command, or leadership of: follow a spiritual master; rebels who refused to follow their commander. 5. To adhere to; practice: followed family traditions. 6. To take as a model or precedent; imitate: followed my example and resigned. 7. a. To act in agreement or compliance with; obey: follow the rules; follow one's instincts. b. To keep to or stick to: followed the recipe; follow a diet. 8. To engage in (a trade or occupation); work at. 9. To come after in order, time, or position: Night follows day. 10. To bring something about at a later time than or as a consequence of: She followed her lecture with a question-and-answer period. The band followed its hit record with a tour. 11. To occur or be evident as a consequence of: Your conclusion does not follow your premise. 12. a. To watch or observe closely: followed the bird through binoculars. b. To be attentive to; pay close heed to: too sleepy to follow the sermon. c. To keep oneself informed of the course, progress, or fortunes of: follow the stock market; followed the local teams. 13. To grasp the meaning or logic of; understand: Do you follow my argument? v.intr. 1. To come, move, or take place after another person or thing in order or time. 2. To occur or be evident as a consequence; result: If you ignore your diet, trouble will follow. 3. To grasp the meaning or reasoning of something; understand. n. 1. The act or an instance of following. 2. Games A billiards shot in which the cue ball is struck above center so that it follows the path of the object ball after impact.