SereneZ Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
what's meaning of 'fully formed bowl'?
the phrase is from the following paragraph:
The Italic a,with its (fully formed bowl),is the earliest ancestor of our modern lower -case a.
what's meaning of fully formed bowl?does it mean letter a in italic looks like a bowl?
The Italic a,with its (fully formed bowl),is the earliest ancestor of our modern lower -case a.
what's meaning of fully formed bowl?does it mean letter a in italic looks like a bowl?
Top answer
A bowl in typography means a closed rounded stroke. In this case it refers to the curved line of the bottom half of the printed lower-case a .
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A bowl in typography means a closed rounded stroke. In this case it refers to the curved line of the bottom half of the printed lower-case a.
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thank you Jay! can i ask one more question?
Is the word 'sample' here proper?
samples of any material and workmanship
samples of workmanship,if workmanship means 'working process'here,is sample a proper word for the phrase?
Is the word 'sample' here proper?
samples of any material and workmanship
samples of workmanship,if workmanship means 'working process'here,is sample a proper word for the phrase?
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You haven't supplied much context, but in principle samples of materials or samples of workmanship are good phrases. A sample is a small amount or example of something to enable you to see what the rest should be like. Workmanship means the skill with which something was made or work was done.
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