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Font The design of text – the general shape and style of a set of characters. One style and size of a particular typeface. Example: Palatino is a typeface,

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1 Font The design of text – the general shape and style of a set of characters. One style and size of a particular typeface. Example: Palatino is a typeface, but 10-point Palatino bold is a font. There are more than 5,000 typefaces. Typefaces give a publication/or document an appearance of unity, consistence, and clarity.

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3 Typeface/Font Typeface A collection of all the characteristics of a single type design. Named after the designer or after the location where the design was created. 3 categories of typefaces (1) Serif typefaces Have lines or curves extending from the ends of the letters. (2)Sans Serif typefaces Have straight-edges (3)Script typefaces Resembles handwriting or hand-printing. Decorative or display typefaces consist of symbols or designs. The words Typeface and Font are used interchangeably, but they are different.

4 Serif Font Sans Serif Font

5 Examples of Script fonts French Script MT Freestyle Script Brush Script MT Edwardian Script Kunstler Script Script MT Bold

6 Typeface Modifications Bold Use for text that should stand out Headings & Sub Headings Underline Italic Use for emphasis Foreign expressions Definitions Words used as words (such as type) Names of ships, trains, aircrafts, & spaceships Major titles Books, magazines, newspapers, & etc.

7 Type style The modifications of typefaces, which add emphasis or contrast.

8 Font Effects

9 Parts of Type

10 Vocabulary Baseline X height Ascender Descender Leading Serif Sans serif Typeface Font Point


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