Answer: Arial belongs to the sans serif family of typefaces. It is the most commonly used typeface, and it is the default typeface set in Microsoft Word. A character is a typographic element represented through an upper- or lowercase letter, number, or special character. Every letter of the alphabet has multiple parts that we describe with a particular set of terms. Typographers call this “letter anatomy.” The basic terms common to all letters are below:
An ascender is the stroke extending upward, going above the x-height (which is the height of the letter excluding the ascender or descender).
A descender is the stroke extending downward from the baseline (which is the imaginary horizontal line that aligns the bodies of the characters).
A bar is the horizontal stroke in the uppercase letters A, E, F, H, I, and T, as well as in the lowercase letters e, f, and t.
A counter is the blank space within the body stroke.
A bowl is a curved stroke that surrounds the counter.
A shoulder is a curved stroke beginning at the stem.
A serif is the tapered feature at the end of a stroke. Arial is a sans serif font, and it does not have tapered corners at the ends of the main strokes.
