Design Nomenclature / Type

Ear

The small stroke projecting from the upper right of a double-storey g, and by extension the flick at the top of a lowercase r. It carries no structural load, which makes it one of the freest places in a face — the ear of a g is often the quickest way to identify a typeface from a single letter.

A double-storey g and a lowercase r. Leaders point to the small flick reaching out from the top right of the g's upper bowl, the short stroke connecting its two bowls, and the curved flag at the top of the r.

How this term connects

BowlCounterTailTerminalEar
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