Hallmark (typography)

The hallmark of the letter "p" (red)

Typographic terms

In typography, punches are the non-printing inner surfaces of a letter : “closed” punches are the enclosed inner surfaces of the letters a, b, d, e, g, o, p, q; the inner surfaces of the remaining letters z. B. h, m, n or u.

The name is derived from the tools of the same name , which were originally used in the relief printing process to create punches. Since punches in the manual production of printing plates not with conventional chisels chipped can be without the surrounding letters form to destroy, they are lined with preformed Stanzbeiteln (ger .: to punch beat =).

The Punzenbreite (or Punzenweite) of the small letter "n" is used as a reference point for the word space .

Structure of a hot type letter . In the case of a square, c = d , the area corresponds to d².

Details	Dimensions
1. Hallmark second typeface 3. meat 4. Cone 5. underarm area 6. cone 7. Signature 8. Gießrille	a head b shoulder height a + b font height c thickness d cone thickness / cone height

Individual evidence

1. ^ Stephan Füssel, Helmut Hiller: Dictionary of the book . Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 978-3-465-03495-7 .
2. ^ Albert Ernst: Interaction - text content and typographical design . Königshausen and Neumann, Würzburg 2005, ISBN 3-8260-3146-6 .