What (who) is typeface - definition
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![Perpetua]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Comparison of printed and digital versions of Perpetua.png?width=200 "Perpetua]].")
![PT font superfamily]], showing the similarities in letter structure.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PT superfamily.png?width=200 "PT font superfamily]], showing the similarities in letter structure.")
![Perpetua]] and its display variant, Perpetua Titling (above). The display type has slimmer stroke width and taller letters.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Perpetua Text and Titling.png?width=200 "Perpetua]] and its display variant, Perpetua Titling (above). The display type has slimmer stroke width and taller letters.")
![Reverse-contrast type compared to a [[fat face]] design. Both are very bold, but the fat face's thick lines are the verticals and the reverse-contrast's are the horizontals.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reverse contrast.png?width=200 "Reverse-contrast type compared to a [[fat face]] design. Both are very bold, but the fat face's thick lines are the verticals and the reverse-contrast's are the horizontals.")
![Johnston]] typeface, printed on a large sign](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theydon Bois.JPG?width=200 "Johnston]] typeface, printed on a large sign")
![Didot]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Three ages.png?width=200 "Didot]].")
Wikipedia
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.
There are thousands of different typefaces in existence, with new ones being developed constantly.
The art and craft of designing typefaces is called type design. Designers of typefaces are called type designers and are often employed by type foundries. In desktop publishing, type designers are sometimes also called "font developers" or "font designers". (A typographer is someone who uses typefaces to design a page layout.)
Every typeface is a collection of glyphs, each of which represents an individual letter, number, punctuation mark, or other symbol. The same glyph may be used for characters from different scripts, e.g. Roman uppercase A looks the same as Cyrillic uppercase А and Greek uppercase alpha. There are typefaces tailored for special applications, such as cartography, astrology or mathematics.
