Friday, February 5, 2010

font definitions

font - a complete assortment of font of one type and style of size

typography - the art or process of printing with type

typeface - any design of type, including a full range of characters, as letters, numbers, and marks of puntuation, in all sizes

serif - a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of an M

sans serif - a typeface without serifs

script - the letters or characters used in writing by hand

ornamental/decorative fonts - types used only for decoraive purposes, usually have limited uses

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