Appendix: Mini-glossary
The baseline is the invisible line on which type sits (see page 186).
Body copy, body text, or sometimes just plain body or text refers to the main block of text that you read, as opposed to headlines, subheads, titles, etc. Body text is usually set between 9- and 12-point type with 20 percent added space between the lines.
A bullet is a little marker, typically used in a list instead of numbers, or between words. This is the standard bullet: •.
A dingbat is a small, ornamental character, like this: 
. You might have the fonts Zapf Dingbats or Wingdings, which are made up of dingbats.
Extended text refers to the body copy ...
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