Roman uppercase A looks the same as Cyrillic uppercase А and Greek uppercase alpha (Α). The same glyph may be used for characters from different scripts, e.g. 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).Įvery typeface is a collection of glyphs, each of which represents an individual letter, number, punctuation mark, or other symbol. Designers of typefaces are called type designers and are often employed by type foundries. The art and craft of designing typefaces is called type design. There are thousands of different typefaces in existence, with new ones being developed constantly. Each of these variations of the typeface is a font. 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. Printed by William Caslon, letter founder from the 1728 Cyclopædia.Ī typeface (or font family) is a design of letters, numbers and other symbols, to be used in printing or for electronic display. A Specimen, a broadsheet with examples of typefaces and fonts available. For the documentary film, see Typeface (film). For the Marvel Comics antihero, see Typeface (comics).
