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Whats that dot
Posted by Chris Carlton-Bull in
11 Oct 2006 — 2:51pm
11 Oct 2006 — 2:51pm
Is there a name for the dot over a lower case i or j
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11 Oct 2006 — 3:20pm
The dot over the »i« or »j« is called a tittle.
The dots of the lowercase »j« have a slightly larger dot compared to the »i« to compensate for its form.
(not neccessory in all typefaces)
12 Oct 2006 — 3:28pm
Thanks I've been looking everywhere for that info without luck. So much so that I thought I had imagined that there was even a name for it
12 Oct 2006 — 7:16pm
tittle |ˈtitl| noun [in sing. ] a tiny amount or part of something : the rules have not been altered one jot or tittle since.
• archaic : a small written or printed stroke or dot, indicating omitted letters in a word.
ORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin titulus (see title ), in medieval Latin ‘small stroke, accent’ ; the phrase jot or tittle is from Matt. 5:18.
12 Oct 2006 — 8:03pm
"The dots of the lowercase »j« have a slightly larger dot compared to the »i« to compensate for its form."
Where did this come from? Sounds like more "type logic" like the silly serif lore.