Type Anatomy Quiz

Front 1

Back 1

Spine

Front 2

Back 2

Tail

Front 3

Back 3

Arm

Front 4

Back 4

Crossbar

Front 5

Back 5

Beak

Front 6

Back 6

Chin

Front 7

Back 7

Stem

Front 8

Back 8

Crotch/Vertex

Front 9

Back 9

Bracket

Front 10

Back 10

Leg

Front 11

Back 11

Apex

Front 12

Back 12

Ascender

Front 13

Back 13

Ear

Front 14

Back 14

Foot/Serif

Front 15

Back 15

Bowl

Front 16

Back 16

Link/Neck

Front 17

Back 17

Loop

Front 18

Back 18

Shoulder

Front 19

Back 19

Counter

Front 20

Back 20

Descender/Stem

Front 21

Back 21

Axis of curved strokes inclined to the left, little contrast between thick & thin, serifs bracketed

Front 22

Back 22

Axis is more vertical, more contrast in strokes, finer character strokes, serifs bracketed

Front 23

Back 23

Dramatic contrast between thick & thin, axis vertical, little to no bracketing

Front 24

Back 24

Little to no bracketing, heavy block serifs

Front 25

Back 25

Bold type faces, slight stroke contrast, in between transitional & slab serif

Front 26

Back 26

Contrast in stroke weight most apparent, slight square quality, bowl or loop on lowercase g

Front 27

Back 27

Strict mono lines, characteristics, made of geometric shapes, less readable than grotesque

Front 28

Back 28

Contrast in stroke weight, calligraphic influence, most easy to read of the san serif typefaces

Front 29

When was the Cooper Black font invented?

Back 29

1926

Front 30

Who invented the Cooper Black font?

Back 30

Oswald Bruce Cooper

Front 31

Who invented the Baskerville font?

Back 31

John Baskerville

Front 32

When was the Baskerville font invented?

Back 32

1757

Front 33

What classification is the Helvetica font?

Back 33

Grotesque

Front 34

Back 34

Garamond

Front 35

Back 35

Baskerville

Front 36

Back 36

Bodoni

Front 37

Back 37

Rockwell

Front 38

Back 38

Helvetica

Front 39

Back 39

Swing

Front 40

Back 40

Jokerman