Ball terminal
Encyclopedia
A ball terminal is a design feature of a typeface
or glyph
where the end of a stroke takes a roughly circular shape, as opposed to a serif or a square end.
Typeface
In typography, a typeface is the artistic representation or interpretation of characters; it is the way the type looks. Each type is designed and there are thousands of different typefaces in existence, with new ones being developed constantly....
or glyph
Glyph
A glyph is an element of writing: an individual mark on a written medium that contributes to the meaning of what is written. A glyph is made up of one or more graphemes....
where the end of a stroke takes a roughly circular shape, as opposed to a serif or a square end.