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expanded) horizontally while still retaining their original height.
Face: Short for ‘typeface’; the style of a font or set of
character images.
Family: All the type sizes and styles of one typeface. A
complete character set of a font. The group shares a
common design but can differ in attributes such as
character width, weight, and posture (i.e., Roman vs.
Italic). A typical computer family unit frequently contains
four fonts—Roman, Italic, Bold, and BoldItalic—in all sizes.
Fill: In Fontographer, the degree of black within
characters. (You can only specify the degree of fill for
Type 3 fonts.)
Flex: A means of automatically suppressing small details,
such as cupped serifs, that would print poorly at small
sizes. At large sizes or high resolutions, the details are
automatically reinstated. (Applies only to Type 1 fonts.)
FON: Windows bitmap font format.
FOND (FONt family Descriptor): FONDs define the
relationship between a plain Macintosh font and its styles
(such as Bold, Italic, and BoldItalic). The FOND groups a
family of fonts and contains the family name, the style, and
size, as well as metrics information like fractional width
tables and kerning tables.
FONT: Old Macintosh bitmap font size resource name.
(See NFNT.)
Font: In modern usage the term “font” is often confused
with “typeface” and “family.” Traditionally, the term “font”
represents a complete set of characters or symbols, which
share the same size and style. For example, 12 point Goudy
Oldstyle Bold is a font. Fonts can be as small as the basic
alphabet or up to hundreds of characters. Some languages,
like Japanese, can exceed these numbers, which make
them more difficult to access from the standard keyboard.
Originally derived from the word “found” as in typefoundry.
Font attributes: Characteristics which apply to the font as
a whole (such as the ascent, descent, leading, etc.).
Font Window: The graphic display of a character set in
Fontographer from which individual character slots may be
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