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Anagram
If you saw The DaVinci Code or read the Harry Potter books you have stumbled over Anagrams. You use the letters of a word to form a new word; like Tom Marvolo Riddle = I am Lord Voldemort or Army = Mary.

ASCII
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It contains the letters of the english alphabet and is used for encoding. It is also used to create ASCII Art, which you can find at Digital Art > Text Art > ASCI

Ambigram
An Ambigram is a typographical design that when turned for for e ]]> http://pica-ae.deviantart.com/journal/ABCs-of-Text-Art-amp-Typography-2-I-R-214242631 http://pica-ae.deviantart.com/journal/ABCs-of-Text-Art-amp-Typography-2-I-R-214242631 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 05:29:56 PST ABCs of Text Art & Typography // #2: I - R nonadult journals/deviantart/communityrelations pica-ae http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pica-ae.png?5 Copyright 2011-2013 ^pica-ae @pica_ae Today:  #1 //  I - R.

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Initial
Stands at the beginning of a copytext; a chapter or a paragraph. It is considerably bigger than the rest of the copy, usually several lines high. It can be a simple letter or an decorated character.
A fine example of creating initials is the Daily Drop Cap Blog by Jessica Hische.

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Italic
Is a cursive font style based on handwriting. The typeface is usually slanting to the right, on serif fonts serifs and vertical lines may become rounde ]]> http://pica-ae.deviantart.com/journal/ABCs-of-Text-Art-amp-amp-Typography-3-S-Z-214243023 http://pica-ae.deviantart.com/journal/ABCs-of-Text-Art-amp-amp-Typography-3-S-Z-214243023 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 05:32:00 PST ABCs of Text Art & Typography // #3: S - Z nonadult journals/deviantart/communityrelations pica-ae http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pica-ae.png?5 Copyright 2011-2013 ^pica-ae @pica_ae Today:  #3 //  S - Z.

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Serif
Is a characteristic of a typeface. It is a style element added to the end of strokes on a typeface. It is characteristic for Roman typefaces.
Serif fonts on a copy text are easier to read in print publications than other fonts.

Sans-Serif
Is a typeface without Serifs, Sans being french for without. Sans-Serif typefaces can be referred to as Grotesque or Gothic typefaces.
Sans-Serif fonts ona  copy text are easier to read on online publications, because Serif fonts would blur too much whe ]]>