Font
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In typography, a font (also fount) is traditionally defined as a complete character set of a single size of a particular typeface. For example, all characters for 9 point Bulmer is a font, and the 10 point size would be another font.
Since the introduction of personal computers, and an accompanying larger group, not professionally trained in typography, using type, a broader definition has evolved. The term font is now often used as a metonym for a typeface.
[edit] Etymology
The term font, a cognate of the word fondue, derives from Middle French fonte, meaning "(something that has been) melt(ed)", referring to type produced by casting molten metal at a type foundry. English-speaking printers have used the term fount for centuries to refer to the multi-part metal type used to assemble and print in a particular size and typeface.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ font. (n.d.). Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
- Blackwell, Lewis. 20th Century Type. Yale University Press: 2004. ISBN 0-300-10073-6.
- Fiedl, Frederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein. Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Through History. Black Dog & Leventhal: 1998. ISBN 1-57912-023-7.
- Lupton, Ellen. Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students, Princeton Architectural Press: 2004. ISBN 1-5689-8448-0.
- Macmillan, Neil. An A–Z of Type Designers. Yale University Press: 2006. ISBN 0-300-11151-7.
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| Page | Pagination · Recto and verso · Margin · Column · Canons of page construction · Pull quote |  |
| Paragraph | Widows and orphans · Leading · River · Baseline · Median · Alignment · Justification | |
| Character | Ligature · Letter-spacing · Kerning · Majuscule · Minuscule · Initial · x-height · Ascender · Descender · Diacritics · Counter · Subscript and superscript · Dingbat | |
| Style | Serif · Sans-serif · Italic · Bold | |
| Classifications | Blackletter · Old style · Transitional · Modern · Slab serif · Sans-serif | |
| Punctuation | Hanging punctuation · Hyphenation · Quotation mark · Prime mark · En dash · Em dash | |
| Typesetting | Type design · Type foundry · Movable type · Calligraphy · Phototypesetting · Letterpress · Typeface · Font · Computer font · Point · Pica · Cicero · Agate · Em · En · Lorem ipsum · Hamburgefonts · Punchcutting · Pangram | |
| Digital typography | Font formats · Typesetting software · Character encoding · Rasterization · Hinting | |
