Sometimes the toughest part of getting started with a first design project can be understanding the language of design. Typographers, for example, have a whole language of their own that relates to type, fonts and design.
To have an open and successful conversation in your next design meeting, it will help to fully understand the lingo when talking about type. Here’s your primer.
Fonts and Strokes
What is a font anyway?
A font is a complete set of characters of a specific size and style from one typeface. A typeface is a group of letters, characters, symbols and punctuation of the same style. Helvetica, for example, is a typeface; whereas 9-point Helvetica is a font. All of the options – bold, italic, light, etc – make up a type family.
The distinction is often ignored by most designers (both for web and print) and the terms font and typeface are often used interchangeably.
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To have an open and successful conversation in your next design meeting, it will help to fully understand the lingo when talking about type. Here’s your primer.
Fonts and Strokes
What is a font anyway?
A font is a complete set of characters of a specific size and style from one typeface. A typeface is a group of letters, characters, symbols and punctuation of the same style. Helvetica, for example, is a typeface; whereas 9-point Helvetica is a font. All of the options – bold, italic, light, etc – make up a type family.
The distinction is often ignored by most designers (both for web and print) and the terms font and typeface are often used interchangeably.
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