Server Normal Format

Server Normal Format (SNF) is a bitmap font format used by X Window. It is one of the oldest X Window font formats. Nowadays it is rarely used, however it is still supported by the latest X.org server. SNF fonts had the problem of being platform dependent, therefore they needed to be compiled on each system. In 1991, X11 moved away from SNF fonts to Portable Compiled Format, which could be shared between systems.^[1]

References

^ Yannis Haralambous; P. Scott Horne (28 November 2007). Fonts & Encodings. O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 610. ISBN 978-0-596-10242-5. Retrieved 12 May 2012.

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Typography

Page

Canons of page construction
Column
Even working
Margin
Page numbering
Paper size
Pagination
Pull quote
Recto and verso
Intentionally blank page

Paragraph

Alignment
Leading
River
Runaround
Widows and orphans
- runt

Character

Typeface anatomy	Counter Diacritics Dingbat Glyph Ink trap Ligature Rotation Subscript and superscript Swash Text figures Tittle
Capitalization	All caps Camel case Initial Letter case Small caps Snake case Title case
Visual distinction	Italics Oblique Bold Color printing Underline Blackboard bold Blackletter
Horizontal aspects	Figure space Kerning Letter-spacing Sentence spacing Space Thin space
Vertical aspects	Ascender Baseline Body height Cap height Descender Median Overshoot x-height

Typeface
classifications

Roman type	Serif Antiqua Didone slab serif Sans-serif
Blackletter type	Fraktur Rotunda Schwabacher
Gaelic type	Insular Uncial
Specialist	Record type Display typeface script fat face reverse-contrast