Fonts refer to the name of a particular design that is used to represent letters and numbers either digitally or physically on various mediums.Smart Computing: All About Fonts (November, 2002) Each font has an individual size, weight and overall style that makes it unique.How Stuff Works: What are TrueType Fonts (September 29, 2008) The distinguishing points or overall shape of the letters are referred to as the typeface or face, which classifies the fonts into categories.Smart Computing: All About Fonts (November, 2002)
Font Characteristics
- Orientation: horizontal or verticalPC Mag: Front Characteristics(September 29, 2008)
- Spacing: varied or fixedPC Mag: Front Characteristics(September 29, 2008)
- Pitch: number of characters per one inchPC Mag: Front Characteristics(September 29, 2008)
- Point size: height of charactersPC Mag: Front Characteristics(September 29, 2008)
- Stroke/weight: thickness of the character linesPC Mag: Front Characteristics(September 29, 2008)
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Categories of fonts are called typefacesSmart Computing: All About Fonts(November, 2002)
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Number of fonts increased with the printing pressHow Stuff Works: What are TrueType Fonts(September 29, 2008)
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