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> Typeface refers to the set of all the distinct shapes. It's what most people mean when they say "font" in everyday life. > Font refers to a specific weight a
by Sean1708 9y ago
> Typeface refers to the set of all the distinct shapes. It's what most people mean when they say "font" in everyday life.
> Font refers to a specific weight at a specific size.
That's a much better summary than the article's "In brief:" sentence.
- keithpeter 9y agoUK: a font was originally a fount of type (from fountain). http://britishletterpress.co.uk/type-and-typography/type-synopses/typefounders-proportions/ http://britishletterpress.co.uk/type-and-typography/type-syn... Above dates from the days when letterpress was still around (my local letterpress based jobbing printer closed his shop in the late 80s/early 90s because of repeated break-ins after his lead). Article tends to suggest a fount would be a given weight/style of a typeface.