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Elements of a Font When you select a typeface through your word
processing program or other software, you may be
prompted to select a point size or pitch. When you
set up your page layout, you will also choose whether
the text will be in portrait or landscape orientation.
This combination of a typeface, a specific point size,
and an orientation is called a “font”.
Typeface A “typeface” is the name for a specific design of
characters and symbols. For example, “Times New
Roman” is one typeface and “Times New Roman
Bold Italic” is another typeface (see Figure C-2.1).
Both those typefaces belong to the Times New
Roman typeface “family”.
Times New Roman
Times New Roman Bold
Times New Roman Italic
Times New Roman Bold Italic
Figure C-2.1. Four Typefaces from the Times
New Roman Family
Note When you make a bold or italic, you are actually
telling the software to select a different typeface.