X-height - The height of the lowercase letters.
Baseline - The invisible line in which the letterforms sit.
Descender - A tail that descends below the baseline.
Tittle - The dot on the I or J.
Bowl - The hollow or inside part of a B or O.
Counter - Area that is partially enclosed such as P or lowercase e.
Crossbar - The bar found connecting the two sides of a H or A.
Cap-height - The imaginary line which the uppercase letters reach to, or the Ascender line in the case of lowercase letters.
Spur- The small flick on a lowercase a, b or d.
Ear - The extension on a lowercase g.
Stem - The stroke of vertical line of a letterform.
Transition - The change between thick and thin strokes.
Juncture - Where the line curves in on a capital R and B.
Ligature - When two letters are joined together.
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