Chapter 2 Summary- Jacqueline Lin

Chapter 2 is about the anatomy of typography. The chapter starts off with explaining that typography is evolved from handwriting. Markings of brushes produced a similar basic shape of each letter, which composed the alphabet. It then continues with letterform construction. There are 27 different words, some of them including baseline, capline, arm, ascender, crossbar, and spine. There are different definitions of each component of the letters. It continues talking about the proportions of the letterform, and how the visual appearance depends on the ratio, the variation, the width, and the relationship between the top to the bottom of each letter. It gives an example of the font Adobe Garamond and shows the type of characters it has. Capitals, lowercase, small caps, lining figures, and old style figures are some of the varieties of each character. There are many different things that contribute to type anatomy. The different typefaces has history behind each of them, involving Old Style, Italic, Transitional, Modern, Egyptian, and Sans Serif. Each font has a difference between the serifs, weight, width, posture, contrast, and more. The measurements are also what makes a typeface, including the difference in space between each letter. The design of each font has to do with the way it is spaced, the thickness of each letter, and the proportion of each style.