typeface

See also: type face

English

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typeface

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• type face

Etymology

From type +‎ face.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪpˌfeɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

typeface (plural typefaces)

1. (typography) The particular design of some type, font, or a font family.

   Synonyms: face; font (broadly)

   • 2024 February 28, Victor Mather, “Microsoft Word’s Subtle Typeface Change Affected Millions. Did You Notice?”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     (Technically Aptos and Calibri are typefaces, while a “font” refers to a particular face or size, like italics or boldface. But in practice, “font” is often used as a synonym for “typeface,” including by Microsoft employees interviewed for this article.)

2. (printing) The surface of type which inked, or the impression it makes.

Translations

font family

Catalan: tipus de lletra m Chinese: Mandarin: 字體 / 字体 (zh) (zìtǐ) Czech: rodina písma f Dutch: lettertype (nl) n Esperanto: signobildo Finnish: kirjasintyyppi (fi) French: fonte de caractères f, police d’écriture (fr) f, police de caractères (fr) f Georgian: შრიფტი (šripṭi), შრიფტის სახეობა (šripṭis saxeoba) German: Type (de) f, Schrift (de) f, Schriftart (de) f Hebrew: גופן (he) m (gufán) Hungarian: betűtípus (hu) Japanese: 字体 (ja) (じたい, jitai), 書体 (ja) (しょたい, shotai) Macedonian: печатарски слог m (pečatarski slog) Maori: matatuhi, matapūkupu Norwegian: Bokmål: typesnitt n Polish: krój pisma m Portuguese: família tipográfica f Romanian: garnitură de litere (ro) Russian: шрифт (ru) m (šrift), гарниту́ра (шри́фта) f (garnitúra (šrífta)) Spanish: familia tipográfica f Swedish: typsnitt (sv) n Turkish: punto (tr), yazı biçimi, yazı tipi Welsh: teip (cy) m, wyneb (cy) m