Learn: D
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Descender
A downward vertical stroke found on lowercase letters that extends below the baseline.
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Diagonal Stroke
An angled stroke.
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Didone
A serif style with high stroke contrast and vertical stress. Serifs are usually unbracketed. Classic examples: Bodoni (Italian), Didot (French).
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Digital
Fonts that exist in digital form, usually as a computer file. There are mainly two kinds of digital fonts, outline and bitmap. They differ in the data that defines the shapes of the characters. In outline fonts, the data consists of mathematical curves. In bitmap fonts, the data consists of rows of bits or pixels arranged in a grid. Type is set by software that reads the font data and forms images on output devices (mainly computer screens and printers).
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Dingbats
Non-alphabetic fonts containing symbols and shapes. Classic example: Zapf Dingbats.
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Dot Matrix
A style whose characters are composed of a pattern of dots used mainly for low-resolution impact printers, or to simulate the look of the output of such printers. Classic example: FF Dot Matrix.
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Dutch Old Style
A serif style with somewhat angled stress, bracketed serifs, and medium to high stroke contrast. Characteristic of Dutch and English types of the 18th Century. Classic examples: Caslon, Plantin, Times Roman.