An alphabet created for the purpose of printing multiple copies of materials such as books and newspapers The individual characters of a typeface are designed to work in different combinations and to remain identical each time they are reproduced Available in a wide variety of designs and sizes, typefaces offer a predictable outcome when specified by typographers, designers and printers
{i} font, type style, basic shape of letters in a particular font (Computers, Printing)
A complete set of typographic characters of a single design, including its various weights and styles
A distinctive design for a set of visually related symbols Examples include Helvetica, Garamond, and Zemen
A text formatting term: The degree of slant or boldness in a font, examples are Normal (also known as Roman), Italic, Boldface, Boldface Italic and Slant (Note: Sometimes "style" is used to indicate degree of boldness or slant, and "typeface" used for the overall appearance ) See also Style
Name given to a particular style of text In contrast, a font is an implementation of a typeface
The distinctive design of a set of type, distinguished from its weight, posture and type size
the design of the individual characters making up the text of a book Many hundreds of typefaces exist and are continually being designed, of which only about twenty are used with any regularity for books
In printing, a typeface is a set of alphabetical characters, numbers, and other characters that all have the same design. There are many different typefaces. a group of letters, numbers etc of the same style and size, used in printing = font
The features by which a character's design is recognized, hence the word face Within the Latin language group of graphic shapes are the following forms: Uncial, Blackletter, Serif, Sans Serif, Scripts, and Decorative Each form characterizes one or more designs Example: Serif form contains four designs called Old Style, Transitional, Modern, and Slab Serif designs The typeface called Bodoni is a Modern design, while Times Roman is a Transitional design
A specific set of characters, numbers, punctuation and symbols having the same design and weight A typeface family would include all the various weights and styles available for a particular design
A single unique style which a set of characters, numbers, and symbols are comprised (Microsoft refers to as font type)