A ball terminal is a design feature of a typeface or

glyph A glyph () is any kind of purposeful mark. In typography, a glyph is "the specific shape, design, or representation of a character". It is a particular graphical representation, in a particular typeface, of an element of written language. A g ...

where the

end of a stroke In typography (specifically Typeface anatomy), a stroke can end in a number of ways. Examples include: * The serif, including: ** The regular serif ** The bracketed serif ** The half-serif * The terminal, which is any stroke that does ''not'' end ...

takes a roughly circular shape, as opposed to a

serif In typography, a serif () is a small line or stroke regularly attached to the end of a larger stroke in a letter or symbol within a particular font or family of fonts. A typeface or "font family" making use of serifs is called a serif typeface ...

or a square end.

External links

"Ball terminal" at ParaType
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