Tittle: Understanding Typography Terms

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Danielle Baird
Dec 9, 2010

[image] A tittle is the dot above a lowercase j or i.

Definition:

tittle : the dot over i or j

Example Sentence:

Make sure you tittle your i’s and cross your t’s.

Origin:

Tittle comes from the Latin titulus, which originally meant “title.” Titulus came to refer to marks such as the abbreviated form of n written over a vowel (like the Spanish tilde, which indirectly got its name from titulus), and then to any mark above a letter.

Source: merriam-webster.com
Danielle Baird
Danielle Baird

With over a decade of experience, Danielle is a solution-driven creative with a logical mind. If you want to uplevel your brand, Danielle is ready to walk that path with you. After working with online entrepreneurs, small business owners, and some big corporations over the past decade, Danielle is on a mission to empower entrepreneurs to take design into their own hands.