http://typophile.com/node/40348 Comments for "Ball Terminal" en http://typophile.com/node/40348 <p><strong><a href="/wiki/Indices" class="wiki">Indices</a> : <a href="/wiki/Terminology" class="wiki">Terminology</a> : <a href="/wiki/Terminal" class="wiki-create">Terminal</a> : Ball Terminal</strong></p> <p>A circle-shaped device used to terminate a <a href="/wiki/Stroke" class="wiki-create">stroke</a>, for example on the end of the arm on <strong>r</strong>, or the <a href="/wiki/Tail" class="wiki-create">tail</a> tip of <strong>y</strong>. Ball terminals are a prominent feature of so-called &#8220;modern roman&#8221; types which came into existence in the second half of the 18th century with the appearance of <a href="/wiki/Didone" class="wiki">Didones</a> and types used by the <a href="/wiki/Fournier" class="wiki-create">Fourniers</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Giambattista%252BBodoni" class="wiki">Giambattista Bodoni</a>. Ball terminals are typically drawn in a strict geometric form of a pure circle. Some types however, principally <a href="/wiki/John%252BBaskerville" class="wiki">Baskerville&#039;s</a> <a href="/wiki/roman%252Btype" class="wiki-create">roman type</a>, feature organically-shaped ball terminals.</p> <p><strong>Additional Articles:</strong><br /> <a href="http://typographica.org/001077.php">Typographica: A Bevy of Ball Terminals</a></p> ball ball end ball terminal geometric form stroke temination synthetic form Thu, 27 Dec 2007 03:09:35 -0800 James Arboghast 40348 at http://typophile.com