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Article #2773Re: Proper usage of "font", "face", "family"
From: Vick De Giorgio
Date: Tue, 07 May 1991 11:18
Date: Tue, 07 May 1991 11:18
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In article <1991May1.172153.6437@csrd.uiuc.edu> eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout) writes:
>
>Short summary:
>typeface: set of lettershapes (e.g., Palatino Bold)
>family of typefaces: set of typefaces that belong together (Palatino)
>font: one typeface in one specific size, and (important!)
> for some specific machine (Palatino Bold on a 300dpi Postscript engine).
>
We should also note that the use of scalable, outline type typefaces is
leading to a change in the use of the term _font_. The usage of _font_
to include one typeface (a specific shape, a specific weight, as you noted)
in all sizes (or no specific size, which is the same thing) is now
becoming more common. Probably typographically less precise, but it
reflects how people actually use them... =V=
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