<aside> 💡 A typeface is a collection of letters. Each letter is different, certain shapes are shared across letters. Also it shares a patterns.
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They’re selected for their style, legibility and readability.
Letterform Parts
<aside> 💡 This is the invisible line sits on where a line of text rests.
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It’s important in measuring the vertical distance between text and an element.
Baseline
<aside> 💡 This refers to the height of a typeface’s flat capital letters (such as M) measured from the baseline.
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Round and pointed capital letters (such as S) are visually adjusted drawn exceeding above the cap height to look the same size.
Cap Height
<aside> 💡 It is the height of the lowercase x of a typeface. It tells how tall or short each symbol in each one will be.
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Tall x-heights have better legibility at small font sizes, because the white space inside each letter is more legible.
X-height