Volume One

Welcome to ILT’s first crossword. As you’d suspect, the answers are all related to typography. Owing to the kindness of Henning Skibbe, the prize for one correct entry drawn at random is his beautiful  Haptic (Large-Pack comprising 14 fonts), which retails at $475.

If you’d rather print out the crossword, scan an return to me, then download it here, and return to jboardley at gmail dot com. Don’t worry if you can’t answer all the clues; solve as many as you can. I’ll announce the winner next Sunday.

[ a ] indicates across; [ d ] indicates down. Good luck, and enjoy!

• 1 ↦ (Miedinger creation)
• 2 ↧ (drop cap)
• 3 ↧ (light weight)
• 4 ↧ (type classification system)
• 5 ↦ (some cap Gs & cowboys have)
• 6 ↧ (default weight)
• 7 ↧ (upright Italian)
• 8 ↦ (crying terminal)
• 9 ↧ (idiot sayings)
• 10 ↦ (early type class)
• 11 ↦ (they make type)
• 12 ↧ (left page)
• 13 ↦ (numbers for text)
• 14 ↧ (between Garalde and Didone)
• 15 ↧ (2 times en)
• 16 ↦ (ducks and type share)
• 17 ↧ abcdef, e.g.
• 18 ↧ (confused with kerning sometimes)
• 19 ↦ (g’s often have them)
• 20 ↦ (k stands on it)
• 21 ↧ (~)
• 22 ↦ (usually slopes)
• 23 ↧ (cats and y’s have these)
• 24 ↧ (between the lines)
• 25 ↦ (historical ligature)
• 26 ↦ (dark character)
• 27 ↧ (mini U, as in U&L)
• 28 ↧ (e.g. Ambroise)
• 29 ↦ (decorative glyph)
• 30 ↦ (PostScript’s 4.233 mm)
• 31 ↧ (very heavy weight)
• 32 ↦ (italics usually do it)
• 33 ↦ (page number)
• 34 ↦ (when ascenders & descenders meet)
• 35 ↧ (Grotesque)
• 36 ↦ (uppercase reach here)
• 37 ↧ (art of setting type)
• 38 ↧ (an inch has 72)
• 39 ↦ (Müller-Brockman liked it)
• 39 ↧ (Southern state type)
• 40 ↦ (Unger’s bird)
• 41 ↧ (letters sit on this)
• 42 ↧ (not really italic)
• 43 ↧ (serious diacritic)
• 44 ↦ (Eszett)
• 45 ↦ (inside an o)
• 46 ↧ (dot in other words)
• 47 ↦ (Archer, e.g.)
• 47 ↧ (an S’s back)
• 48 ↦ (common lig)
• 49 ↦ (quick half em)
• 50 ↧ (need for f & fishing)
• 51 ↦ (digital type)
• 52 ↦ (O spins on it)
• 53 ↧ (i and j have one)
• 54 ↦ (like fighting back)
• 55 ↦ (brave weight)
• 56 ↦ (typography’s 3rd colour)