Dingbat A typographical character subject to scorn because it has no apparent relation to the alphabet. Many dingbats are pictograms - tiny pictures of telephones, skiers, airplanes, churches, and the like, used in the travel industry. Others are more abstract. Dpi Dots per inch Linear measurement used to express the resolution of typesetters and laser printers. Ear The stroke attached to the bowl of the lowercase g .
Some typographers use the same term for the lowercase r .
A large initial capital or versal set on the same baseline as the first line of the text. In linear measure, a distance equal to the type size, and in square measure, the square of the type size. Also called mutton. En Space Half an em . To avoid misunderstanding when instructions are given orally, typographers often speak of ems as muttons and ens as nuts.