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typeface
Also known as font family, printing type
thumb|A Specimen, a broadsheet with examples of typefaces and fonts available. Printed by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopædia.
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- Terminology
- Sizing
- History
- Digital type
- Typeface anatomy
- Serifs
- Proportion<span class="anchor" id="Proportional font"></span><span class="anchor" id="proportional font"></span><span class="anchor" id="Proportional fonts"></span><span class="anchor" id="proportional fonts"></span><span class="anchor" id="tabular numeral"></span>
- Font metrics
- Optical sizing
- Typesetting numbers
- Tabular figures
- Style of typefaces
- Roman typefaces
- Serif typefaces
- Sans-serif typefaces
- Blackletter typefaces
- Gaelic typefaces
- Monospaced typefaces
- CJK typefaces
- Mincho
- Gothic
- Maru
- Display type
- Script typefaces
- Mimicry typefaces <span class="anchor" id="Ethnic typefaces"></span>
- Reverse-contrast typefaces
- Effect typefaces
- Small print typefaces
- Typeface family
- Texts used to demonstrate typefaces
- Non-character typefaces
- Ornamental typefaces
- Symbol typefaces
- Emoji
- Intellectual property
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|A Specimen, a broadsheet with examples of typefaces and fonts available. Printed by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopædia.
A typeface (or font family) is a design of letters, numbers and other symbols, to be used in printing or for electronic display. Most typefaces include variations in size (e.g., 24 point), weight (e.g., light, bold), slope (e.g., italic), width (e.g., condensed), and so on. Each of these variations of the typeface is a font.