making the typeface proportional, or they may be designed to fit within a single body measure, making the typeface fixed width or monospaced.

Structural groups

When designing letterforms, characters with analogous structures can be grouped in consideration of their shared visual qualities. In Latin, for example, archetypal groups can be made on the basis of the dominant strokes of each letter: verticals and horizontals , diagonals , verticals and diagonals , horizontals and diagonals

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