Anatomy of Typography - SHOULDER
hoopa
Posts: 1
Comments
-
The shoulder of the /n often translates to the /p with minor adjustments, yet it’s never called that. Terminology is weird.0
-
/u is a letter whose design should usually be considered alongside /h/m/n, though it’s orientation keeps people from using “shoulder”.1
-
In letterpress anatomy the shoulder is the area below the baseline, more commonly referred to today as the descender space.
1 -
The /u has a shoulder. It's just doing a handstand.5
-
hoopa said:What letters have shoulders? Usually 'n', 'm' and 'h' are mentioned as examples
In the first definition I found online, h, m, and n were part of the definition: the shoulder is the curved part of h, m, and n, period, and no other letters can have shoulders! I suppose this is just as well, because the set of terminology of which this is a part does not seem to be consistent or specific enough to be particularly useful.
0
Categories
- All Categories
- 43 Introductions
- 3.7K Typeface Design
- 803 Font Technology
- 1K Technique and Theory
- 622 Type Business
- 444 Type Design Critiques
- 542 Type Design Software
- 30 Punchcutting
- 136 Lettering and Calligraphy
- 83 Technique and Theory
- 53 Lettering Critiques
- 485 Typography
- 303 History of Typography
- 114 Education
- 68 Resources
- 499 Announcements
- 80 Events
- 105 Job Postings
- 148 Type Releases
- 165 Miscellaneous News
- 270 About TypeDrawers
- 53 TypeDrawers Announcements
- 116 Suggestions and Bug Reports