Typeface anatomy describes the graphic elements that make up Font in a typeface.
== Strokes ==
The strokes are the components of a letterform. Strokes may be straight, as in k l v w x z, or curved, as in c o s. If straight, they may be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal; if curved, open or closed. Typographers also speak of an instroke, where one starts writing the letter, as at the top of a c f, and an outstroke, where the pen leaves off, as at the bottom of c e j k t y.
A main vertical stroke is called a stem. The letter m has three, the left, middle, and right stems. The central stroke of an...