A complete set of fonts for a specific style of type, such as Arial, Garamond or Times Roman. Common variations include italic, bold, narrow, bold italic, etc.
A distinctive design for a set of visually related symbols. Examples include Helvetica, Garamond, and Zemen.
A unique design for printed letters, such as Press Roman.
A distinctive, visually consistent design for the symbols in an alphabet.
the set of characters created by a type designer, including uppercase and lowercase alphabetical characters, numbers, punctuation, and special characters. A single typeface contains many fonts, at different sizes and styles.
Set of characters with similar design features and weight. Garamond Light is a typeface. Also called face.
A typeface is a unique name, usually registered, which identifies a font by the attributes of the characters in the font. Different parts of a type character such as stroke width, serifs, and vertex shaping, are all used to distinguish one font from another. The size of type is measured in points, and the weight of type refers to the heaviness of the type characters. The most commonly used typefaces are Courier, Helvetica, and Times Roman.
An artistic interpretation, or design, of a collection of written symbols. A typeface may include glyphs for alphabetic characters, numerals, punctuation, various symbols, and more - often for multiple languages. Typefaces are usually grouped together in families with individual typefaces for italic, bold, and other variations of the primary design.
An alphabet of letters in a particular style. Typefaces can belong to any of several types (such as sans serif, decorative, blackletter, etc.). The term "font" used to refer only to a particular style of type in a particular size (for example, Garamond 12 point), and "typeface" was used to refer to the entire collection of letters of a particular style in any size' now, however, "font" and "typeface" are used interchangeably.
A selection of a particular type style comprised of a number of fonts.
A set of characters that share a distinctive and consistent design.
The name of the design for a set of fonts. For example, "Times New Roman". The terms font and typeface are often used incorrectly used as synonyms.
A unique type design complete with the entire alphabet, numbers and punctuation. Also called a font.
The typeface is the font style of text.
The size or style of a specifically designed alphabet. Type can express the tone of your communication – humorous, serious, attention-getting, etc. There are hundreds of typeface choices.
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. Return to Contents
Used in the sense of "Font", refers to a name of type. Examples are Times Roman, Arial, Helvetica, Century Schoolbook.
The design or style characteristics of a complete font of type. The various typefaces are designated by name: Helvetica, Times Roman, Palatino, etc.
A style of type characterized by its shape, slant, height etc.
A set of characters that are of the same type style.
A family of fonts - for instance, the Futura family, which includes Futura Light, Futura Italic, Futura Bold, etc.
the design or style characteristics of a complete font of type, such as Baskerville, Helvetica or Times New Roman.
a specific size and style of type within a type family
a collection of fonts with a similar or compatible visual style
a consistent design use for a complete set of characters
a more general category than fonts , which take into account both the characters' size and style
an remarkable design, assembled of ultra bold and very fine shapes, but in all, the spirit of Bodonis design was well preserved
a particular style of lettering
a particular style of the type, determining its overall look and psychological qualities
a set of characters of the same design
a set of numbers, letters and symbols designed to work together as a coordinated unit
a specific, coordinated design for the entire set of characters that is used to write a language or languages
a style within a set of fonts
a unique font within a category and family group
a variation of a font family, such as Bold , Italic , or Bold Italic
The design of a given set of letters, numbers and symbols, without reference to size or width.
A complete set of letterforms, numerals and punctuation in a common style.
Sometimes called fonts, there are thousands of different typefaces available.
the design of a set of characters which is distinctive and for a particular use or effect, such as 'Roman' or 'Old English'.
or face - can refer to an entire related named family of type, such as Helvetica or Times.
The entire family of fonts, including roman, italic, medium, bold, and black, unified by consistent visual properties.
A specific design of TYPE; nowadays largely interchangeable with FONT, although font is more specific.
The surface of a body of type that makes the impression, including the size, or style of the letter or character on the type.
Characteristics of letters unified by consistent visual properties.
In typography, a specific variation within a type family, such as roman, italic, bold, etc.
The type of font chosen, eg: Times New Roman or Arial.
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 particular font used to construct written material.
A specific set of characters that are designed the same, such as Helvetica or Times New Roman. 2.8
A family of graphic characters that includes many styles and sizes. (A fount is a collection of characters in a single size and style. Times and Courier are typefaces and Times 12 point italic is a fount. In the IT environment, the word 'fount' is often used to mean typeface.)
the basic design and style of a letter of type; includes classes such as roman, text, italic, gothic, and script.
A typeface is a specific design of a set of letters, numbers and symbols, such as "Times Roman" or "Chicago".
A particular design or style of type.
A complete set of characters, punctuation and symbols that share a common design
A family of fonts that define the overall similarity of the style. Typefaces (typeface families) include all fonts of a specific design and identifying name, such as Helvetica, Times, Garamond, Univers, Futura, etc. Fonts commonly included in a typeface are the original book-weight or designed weight, a bold version, italic version, and may also include light, medium, extra-bold or single-line versions. Single line, double-line or any line quantity variant of a typeface still fall into the same typeface family as the original.
Type of a uniform design. The characteristic design of a set of type fonts. Each design is identified by name, such as Helvetica, Times, New York, or Geneva. The names in the Font menu are typefaces installed in the system file on the startup disk.
A character design, specifying the shape of all the upper and lower case characters, numerals and punctuation symbols Different typefaces are useful in different contexts, for example in running text or in headlines, and to give an old-fashioned, or conservative, or modem, or striking appearance. Commonly used typefaces include times, helvetica and courier. Each typeface is actually a family of individual 'fonts', each of which represent the typeface in a pardoular size (such as 12 point) and style (such as bold or italic). The words 'font' and 'typeface' are increasingly - and inaccurately - used interchangeably.
The letters, numbers, and symbols that make up a design of type. A typeface is often part of a type family of co-ordinated designs. The individual typefaces are named after the family and are also specified with a designation, such as italic, bold or condensed.
A named type design, such as Helvetica or Times Roman, produced as a complete font.
The style and design of the letter forms in an alphabet.
A printing type of a specific design.
General term used to describe the styles of lettering available in typesetting.
A set of characters that share common characteristics, such as stroke width and the presence or absence of serifs. Type of a uniform design, often named after a designer, a typeface or ‘face’ (e.g. Goudy Oldstyle) is an interpretation of a character set that shares a similar appearance and design. The character set includes letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols. On computers. ‘typeface’ is used interchangeably with the term ‘font’, although they are not synonymous.
the raised surface carrying the image of a type character cast in metal. Also used to refer to a complete set of characters forming a family in a particular design or style.
a type design (text style) including variations like italic and bold
A set of characters which share a similar appearance.
Set of characters with design features making them similar to each other.
The style/appearance of a letter or numeral. With the arrival of desktop publishing, the term is synonymous with the word "font."
Otherwise known as a font, a typeface is the design of a set of characters. Times Roman is the name of a typeface, as is Arial. Times Roman is an example of a serif font (it has extra lines, or serifs at the bottom of each letter) , and Arial is a sans-serif font.
The complete set of characters that form a family in a particular design or style. Originally referred to the raised surface.
The design name of the characters within a type family or font, for example, Times New Roman.
Font, a set of typographic letters, numbers and characters all of the same family or style.
The style or design of a font such as Helvetica. For example, the type family Helvetica contains the typefaces Helvetica, Helvetica Bold, Helvetica Italic and Helvetica Bold Italic. Whereas 10pt Helvetica Bold refers to a font.
a collection or family of characters, numbers, and symbols that share common design elements
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. X Y Z
A full set of letterforms designed to work together.
the design of a family of type
An alphabet of a unified design used for publishing documents by mechanical or digital means.
All printing type of a specific design.
The style of typed letters used for the body text. This text is in Times Roman.
Face or typeface refers to the style of the letter or the character of the type, in short, what it looks like.
I expect you're looking for a clear definition of "typeface" as opposed to *"font". Unfortunately, there isn't one.
The shape of a character in an alphabet with letters, number and symbols, which is identified by a family name e. g., “Helvetica(tm)†or “Compatil(tm)â€.
Name given to a particular style of text. In contrast, a font is an implementation of a typeface.
In typography, a typeface is a coordinated set of glyphs designed with stylistic unity. A typeface usually comprises an alphabet of letters, numerals, and punctuation marks; it may also include ideograms and symbols, or consist entirely of them, for example, mathematical or map-making symbols. The term typeface is often conflated with font, a term which, historically, had a number of distinct meanings before the advent of desktop publishing; these terms are now effectively synonymous when discussing digital typography.