Post 9hdfmaSkRdwBAOoenI by mattgen88@cybre.space
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 (DIR) Post #9hdfacnfvbnGwQttOi by codesections@fosstodon.org
       2019-04-09T18:12:29Z
       
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       Anybody know what the hollow part inside a letter is called?  You know the bit that is present in these letters:> O D B R(and many others) but absent in> F G H W(and many others)Is there even a name for that?
       
 (DIR) Post #9hdfmaSkRdwBAOoenI by mattgen88@cybre.space
       2019-04-09T18:14:39Z
       
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       @codesections Apparently it's called a counter
       
 (DIR) Post #9hdfpWvQ3P0r41d7ke by mattgen88@cybre.space
       2019-04-09T18:15:10Z
       
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       @codesections https://visme.co/blog/type-anatomy/ reference here
       
 (DIR) Post #9hdg3nb8rRe0pPwvVw by s3rvant@fosstodon.org
       2019-04-09T18:17:43Z
       
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       @codesections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter_(typography)
       
 (DIR) Post #9hdg7zXaOtHt1gHl4K by kaushalmodi@mastodon.technology
       2019-04-09T18:18:30Z
       
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       @codesections I googled "typography closed empty part of letters", and was enlightened myself with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter_(typography) .. it's called a "counter".#typography
       
 (DIR) Post #9hdgIi5DeCjC4H7zg8 by JordiGH@mathstodon.xyz
       2019-04-09T18:20:25Z
       
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       @codesections I would call it genus 1, but that's topology.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus_(mathematics)#Orientable_surface
       
 (DIR) Post #9hdmhegM1rGQU5m9Hk by Wingy@fosstodon.org
       2019-04-09T19:32:12Z
       
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       @codesections Other answers are good, but a child might say holes?