Typography Word of the Day: Ear

It must somehwere be writ large that every part of every letter have a name, regardless of how unique that part be.

In this spirit, we give you the ear, which, as the illustration will illuminate, is the cowlick on the top story of the minuscule “g”.

We know not who named it, how it evolved, or why, but we know that of all the glyphs we’ve so far assayed in the Roman set, the ear is only found on the minuscule “g”. And we think that’s unique enough to have a mention of its own.