meaning of fonts
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font font - Computer Definition. A set of type characters of a particular typeface design and size. Each typeface, such as Times Roman, Helvetica and Arial, is typically made available in four variations: normal weight, bold, italic and bold italic.
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Fonts Typefaces (often called type families or font families) are collections of fonts that share an overall appearance, and are designed to be used together, such as Adobe Garamond. A type style is a variant version of an individual font in a font family.f the font family you chose does not include a bold or italic style, click the Faux Bold button or the Faux Italic button in the Character panel to apply a simulated style. Alternatively, choose Faux Bold or Faux Italic from the Character panel menu. Use a dynamic shortcut.
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Fonts Related Terms. )Pronounced SAN-SERR-if. A category of typefaces that do not use serifs, small lines at the ends of characters. Popular sans serif fonts include Helvetica, Avant Garde, Arial, and Geneva. Serif fonts include Times Roman, Courier, New Century Schoolbook, and Palatino. According to most studies, sans serif fonts are more difficult to read.
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Fonts A common sans serif typeface is Helvetica. Pronounced SAN-SERR-if. A category of typefaces that do not use serifs, small lines at the ends of characters. Popular sans serif fonts include Helvetica, Avant Garde, Arial, and Geneva. Serif fonts include Times Roman, Courier, New Century Schoolbook, and Palatino. According to most studies, sans serif fonts are more difficult to read.
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Definition of âkerningâ - English Dictionary The kerning units for a given font are the same as the units used to express the character widths in that font.
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Sans-serif In typography, a sans-serif, sans serif, gothic, san serif or simply sans typeface is one that does not have the small projecting features called  serifs  at the end of strokes. The term comes from the French word sans, meaning without and serif from the Dutch word schreef meaning line. Sans-serif fonts tend to have less line width variation than serif fonts. In print, sans-serif fonts are often used for headlines rather than for body text. Sans-serif fonts have become the most prevalent for display of text on computer screens.
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font A font is a set of printable or displayable text character s in a specific style and size. The type design for a set of fonts is the typeface and variations of this design form the typeface family.Thus, Helvetica is a typeface family, Helvetica italic is a typeface, and Helvetica italic 10-point is a font.In practice, font and typeface are often used without much precision, sometimes interchangably.An outline font is a software typeface that can generate a scalable range of font sizes.he type design for a set of fonts is the typeface and variations of this design form the typeface family. Thus, Helvetica is a typeface family, Helvetica italic is a typeface, and Helvetica italic 10-point is a font.
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- Desktop fonts are designed to be installed on a computer for use with applications. Licensed per computer. Web fonts are used with the CSS @font-face rule. They are licensed for a set number of page views with no time limitation.
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Unicode font The Unicode standard does not specify or create the font (typeface), a collection of graphical shapes called glyphs, itself.
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Marquee Font Marquee Font. You must define the font used by the marquee display box you wish to use. The font is defined by three values, separated by commas, representing the face, size, and weight of the font. Typeface Values. Any typeface name can be used if it is likely to be installed on the user's machine. If a typeface is not found on the machine, an alternate will be selected by the operating system.
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Monospace/Fixed Width Programmer's Fonts From Xerox: Monospace fonts (Such as Courier or LetterGothic), or fixed pitch fonts, contain characters that all have the same character width, producing text that can be used to create forms, tabular material or documents that require exact text line lengths.
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- These abbreviations represent the name of the foundry and should not be confused with the font weight. For example LT stands for Linotype, MT stands for Monotype, FF stands for FontFont and EF stands for Elsner + Flake.
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Fonts )A small decorative line added as embellishment to the basic form of a character. Typefaces are often described as being serif or sans serif (without serifs). The most common serif typeface is Times Roman. A common sans serif typeface is Helvetica.
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- About this font family. The Bing family is an experimental series of type designs inspired by classic movie marquees and contemporary fabricated signage. The Bing family consists of a multiple contour Inline, a single contour monoline Script derived from the Inline interior, and a single contour Black derived from the Inline exterior. All Bing fonts can be specified independently at medium and larger point sizes, or all three may complement one another as a type system.
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CSS Fonts In CSS, there are two types of font family names: 1  generic family - a group of font families with a similar look (like Serif or Monospace) 2  font family - a specific font family (like Times New Roman or Arial)
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typeface Part of the Multimedia and graphics glossary: A typeface is a design for a set of printer or display font s, each for a set of characters, in a number of specific sizes.
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10 of the Best Programming Fonts There are no hard and fast rules, but: 1  bitmap/raster fonts tend to render better on screen. 2  monospace fonts normally offer better character identification, but. 3  proportional fonts take less screen space and can be a little easier on the eye.
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- foundry definition: noun pl. -·ries 1. the act, process, or work of melting and molding metals; casting 2. metal castings 3. a place where metal is castOrigin of foundrysee found and -ery... Definitions
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Fonts There are two general categories of typefaces: serif and sans serif. Sans serif typefaces are composed of simple lines, whereas serif typefaces use small decorative marks to embellish characters and make them easier to read. Helvetica is a sans serif type and Times Roman is a serif type. Serif. A small decorative line added as embellishment to the basic form of a character. Typefaces are often described as being serif or sans serif (without serifs). The most common serif typeface is Times Roman.
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Web typography From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web fonts allow Web designers to use fonts that are not installed on the viewer's computer. Web typography refers to the use of fonts on the World Wide Web. When HTML was first created, font faces and styles were controlled exclusively by the settings of each Web browser.
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Font family (HTML) . text {font-family: calibri, Garamond, 'Comic Sans MS';} In CSS, a font-family (or face attribute in HTML) consists of a set of related fonts, grouped as font families. For example, the Times family includes different font sizes, styles (like roman and italic), and weight (like regular and bold).
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Typography Terms In Windows NT, a font is the name of a typeface, excluding attributes such as bold or italic. This general definition is more widely used than the traditional definition associated with traditional typography. For example, MS Serif is a font in Windows NT.
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PDF vs. DOC vs. DOCX vs. ODF vs. RTF Font sub-setting. Unlike font embedding, where all the characters belonging to a font family are inserted into the document, font subsetting only embeds the characters used in the document in question (e.g., A, E, and F instead of A through Z). This reduces the file's size.
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italic The definition of italic is a type style where the letters are slanted upward to the right, or something that relates to ancient Italy. An example of an italic font is the font used to emphasize the name of a book. An example of Italic is the ancient history of Italy.
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15 Handy Varsity Font Collection 15 Handy Varsity Font Collection. Varsity fonts are one of the most popular font styles used by designers, thanks to their bold and dramatic appeal. The clean look of the letters and a stylish use of geometry are the high points of these fonts.
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- Definition of Gothic. 1  1a : black letterb : sans serif. 2  2 : Gothic art style or decoration; specifically : the Gothic architectural style. 3  3 : the East Germanic language of the Goths — see indo-european languages table. 4  4 often not capitalized : a novel, film, or play in the gothic style.