In professional typography, the term typeface is not interchangeable with the word font (originally "fount" in British English, and pronounced "font"), because the term font has historically been defined as a given alphabet and … 展开

Digital type became the dominant form of type in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Digital fonts store the image of each character either as a 展开

Typographers have developed a comprehensive vocabulary for describing the many aspects of typefaces and typography. Some vocabulary applies only to a subset of all 展开

Display type refers to the use of type at large sizes, perhaps 30 points or larger. Some typefaces are considered useful solely at display sizes, and … 展开

Type foundries have cast fonts in lead alloys from the 1450s until the present, although wood served as the material for some large fonts called wood type during the 19th century, … 展开

Because an abundance of typefaces has been created over the centuries, they are commonly categorized according to their appearance. At the … 展开

A typeface family (or type family) is a set of typefaces that share a common design concept. The simplest typeface family has just a 'regular' face and an … 展开