Humanist Humanist letterforms are letterforms originating among the humanists of the Italian Renaissance. They have a modulated stroke and a humanist axis . An oblique stroke axis reflecting the natural inclination of the writing hand. Italic A sloped or cursive variation of Roman . In most cases this represents a complementary style of the upright letter, although some of the lowercase letters may change form slightly and the serif structure is different.
Modern usage requires an italic to accompany a roman in most types designed for continuous reading.
Justify To adjust the length of the line so that it is flush left and right on the measure. Kern Part of a letter that extends into the space of another. Lead Originally a horizontal strip of soft metal used for vertical spacing between lines of type. Now meaning the vertical distance from the baseline of one line to the baseline of the next. Also called leading.