Font Face = See above. This isn't really a typographic term outside of CSS's @font-face. typeface vs. font = this is where things get really vague. Traditionally, a typeface was a particular style of lettering. So, for example, Futura. Font was a specific cut of said typeface.

Mar 1, 2021 · An OpenType font is a single file, which can be used on both Macintosh and Windows platforms without conversion. OpenType fonts have many advantages over previous font formats because they contain more glyphs, support more languages (OpenType uses the Unicode standard for character encoding,) and support rich typographic features such as small ...

Jan 2, 2015 · Font: Maps abstract characters to glyphs that adhere to the font type. Glyph: A pictorial representation of a character. So a font is usually a collection of glyphs, where said glyphs conform to what ever the overall visual pattern is specified by the type of the font (think: serif, vs, san serif).

Jul 6, 2016 · For example, I would be very surprised to see a font which has a size 5 times its x-height, or a font with point size only 1.1 times its x-height, although I can imagine a few representatives exist. If we exclude outliers, what would be the approximate numeric range of the font size to x-height?

Oct 8, 2011 · The "font size" of a font refers to the font's "em height", which isn't necessarily the same as the height of particular characters in the font. Usually the em height of a font adheres to the same basic idea - it'll be roughly set to the distance from the lowest descender (such as the bottom of the letter g ) to the highest ascender (such as ...

May 18, 2016 · Sometimes the small capitals are just scaled down versions of the capital glyphs, but on a well-considered and complete typeface (like in Adobe Caslon above, or in the Franchise Bold font you referenced), they’re often slightly different shapes, so that their weight and thickness is consistent with the rest of the typeface.

Nov 16, 2012 · A typeface is the creative idea. A font is the manifestation thereof. (Same with a "song" vs. "an MP3" (or record or tape or sheet music.)) But in practice, they're the same thing. Font Family is also becoming a popular term to encompass the alternate weights and styles, but for the sake of argument, you can use them interchangeably.

Aug 4, 2017 · For example: Use a larger font to make the headline appear bigger. Fonts can be made of various materials from soft rubber to chrome plated metal Another way to distinguish the difference is that the type font makes the typeface image in much the same way that a cookie cutter (analogous to the font) is used to cut the cookie (analogous to the ...

May 15, 2016 · Times 14pt roman, etc., is only a font in the traditional sense, of course; in the digital age, TimesRegular.ttf (or whatever the file name is) is a font belonging to the Times type family. – Janus Bahs Jacquet

Nov 12, 2014 · +1, but handwriting is getting a little too broad. The single-story emulated chancery cursive (as did Aldus Manutius and company when creating italics), which got its a in descent from later versions of Carolingian minuscule, but most lettering hands used the form that came down through half-uncials (which eventually twisted around to give us the two-story Platonic essence of "a").