Type design

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Type design is the art and process of designing typefaces.

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+'''Type design''' is the art and process of designing [[typeface]]s.
-'''Block letters'''  (known as '''printscript''', '''manuscript''', '''print writing''' or '''ball and stick''' in academics) are a [[sans-serif]] (or "gothic") style of writing [[Latin script]] in which the letters are individual [[glyph]]s, with no joining. In English-speaking countries, children are often first taught to write in block letters, and later may advance to [[cursive]] (joined) writing. Other countries (Poland, Italy, etc.) focus on cursive writing from the first grade.
-On official forms, one is often asked to "please print". This is because cursive handwriting is harder to read, and the glyphs are joined so they do not fit neatly into separate boxes.
-Block letters may also be used as a synonym of '''block capitals''', which means writing in [[all caps|all capital letters]], imitating the style of typeset capital letters. This is not a necessary implication, however: in at least one court case involving patents, trademarks and registration of designs, the term "block letters" was found to include both [[letter case|upper and lower case]].
-In [[typography]], the term "block letters" is applied to crude fonts formed by cutting a material such as [[wood]] or [[metal]] without the sophistication usually associated with professional [[type design]] in [[typography]].
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