TYPEFACE or FONT?

The terms ‘Typeface’ and ‘Font’ are used nowadays interchangeably but historically, are they the same? No.

 Also an interesting note is that they were used back in the era when texts were set by a typesetter by hand before printing to today where we use them interchangeably,

 It might be a good thing to know the difference, especially if you are a graphic designer.  The term ‘font’ seems used often incorrectly.

 A good definition for typeface is a set of glyphs (for instance, an alphabet, punctuation, and numbers) that all share a common design, known as a ‘font family’.  An example would be Times Roman, a common typeface.  A font would be a set of glyphs inside a typeface.  So, for example, different point sizes are separate fonts.  Font families can be created from scratch as well.  Now, you know the difference between a font and a typeface.

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TYPEFACE (Or FONT FAMILY)

 Times New Roman – TIMES NEW ROMAN BOLD – Times New Roman Italic

Times New Roman 18 point

And so on …

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FONTS

 1.    Times New Roman Regular 12 point

2.    Times New Roman 16 point

 3.    Times New Roman Italic 9 point

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