![]() In both traditional typesetting and modern usage, the word "font" refers to the delivery mechanism of the typeface. When used in computers, each style is in a separate digital "font file". The term "font" is correctly applied to any one of these alone but may be seen used loosely to refer to the whole typeface. For instance, the typeface " Bauer Bodoni" (sample shown here) includes fonts " Roman" (or "Regular"), " Bold" and " Italic" each of these exists in a variety of sizes. In modern usage, with the advent of desktop publishing, "font" has come to be used as a synonym for "typeface" although a typical typeface (or 'font family') consists of a number of fonts. Each font was a matched set of type, with a piece (a " sort") for each glyph, and a typeface consisting of a range of fonts that shared an overall design. In metal typesetting, a font was a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. The Bauer Bodoni typeface, with samples of the three of the fonts in the family ![]()
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