stem - primary and secondary
In typography, vertical or full-length angled strokes. Where there is a difference in the stroke thicknesses in printed characters with more than one stroke connecting to the baseline, the primary stem is thicker, and the secondary stem is thinner.
Credit:
Academy Standards Board
Committee
Forensic Document Examination
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ASB Technical Report 071 Forensic Document Examination: Terms and Definitions. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 2025.
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