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Enigmatic Glyphs and Lost Fonts
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
  • 1. A metal spacer used in letterpress printing
  • 3. Dots above lowercase i and j
  • 4. The enclosed or partially enclosed hollow in a letter
  • 5. A flourish added to a letter for stylistic effect
  • 6. Imperfection often seen in early printed typefaces
  • 10. Unit of measurement equal to 12 points in typography
  • 12. A classic old-style typeface named after a French punch-cutter
  • 17. A less commonly known curved flourish in letter design
Down
  • 2. Height of a lowercase letter excluding ascenders or descenders
  • 7. Decorative style often found in vintage typography
  • 8. Refers to a famous font known for its readability in print
  • 9. A sometimes-used term for a thin stroke in calligraphy
  • 11. Two or more letters combined into a single glyph
  • 13. Small finishing strokes at the ends of letters
  • 14. An old term for binding letters together, similar to ligature
  • 15. An archaic term for changing letter shapes in ornate scripts
  • 16. Part of a letter that curves down from a stem
  • 18. A mold used to cast individual metal type pieces

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