In old English law , a tumbrel, castigatory , or ducking stool, anciently used as an instrument of punishment for common scolds.

Computer or physical characters making up text and displays of reading matter.

Error where it is believed that a difference is observed or exists when there is no difference.

Standard for saleable digital fonts for Postscript printers. Developed by Adobe. See true type font.

Probability in trusting hypothesis that a test sample supports a correctly stated value when nit is really misstated. Beta error or risk.

Person characterised by being overly ambitious, aggressive, competitive , impatient, driven, controlling with a sense of urgency. Quantity opt quality. See type B personality .

Person characterised as having moderate drive and ambitions, cooperative and accommodating and easy going. Quality over quality. See type A personality .

Set of type faces related by having the same design features.

Set of characters comprising a given typeface of a set point size; capitals, lower case, numbers, small caps and other symbols. See outline font , bitmap font, true type font.

Each different type size a type face comes in.

Instructions for typeface, type style size, etc. For a printing job.

Numbers, letters an symbols of same typestyle and type weight making up a distinctive printing type such as Helvetica etc.

Reading matter that is typeset.

Types of complex situations (1) Apparent complexity, (2) Detail complexity, (3) Dynamic complexity, (4) Inherent complexity.

Composing of a text or display of reading matter into a computer or a physical type for the intended audience, reproduction method and use.

Height of a type character in points. A point is 1/12 inch.

Thickness and stroke variations like bold, italics lending flexibility to appearance of type face.

Representative of the group.

Apparent blackness of text that results from effects of stroke thickness, width, point size and line space used.

Special purpose and punctuation characters that comprise a complete type font.

Relative darkness of font characters from thickness of strokes, light, bold, extrabold, etc.

Study of design of typefaces and how a page can best be laid out.

Arbitrary or despotic government; the severe and autocratic exercise of sovereign power , either vested constitutionally in one ruler, or usurped by him by breaking down the division and distribution […]

A despot; a sovereign or ruler, legitimate or otherwise, who uses his power unjustly and arbitrarily, to tlie oppression of liis subjects.

In medical jurisprudence . A poisonous ptomaine produced in milk, cheese, cream, or ice-cream by decomposition of albuminous constituents.