Specifications

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This chapter defines common terms used in the description of fonts and typefaces,
and displays the printer’s resident typefaces.
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Many of the terms and phrases used in desktop publishing are derived from the lan-
guage of professional printers and typesetters. This section explains common words
and phrases used when discussing typefaces.
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One way of classifying the different typefaces is to group them into the following cate-
gories:
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A named design of a set of printed
characters, such as Times, that has a
specified obliqueness (degree of slant)
and stroke weight (thickness of stroke).
It does not define a particular size.
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A group of similar typefaces. For
example, the Times typeface family
consists of four typefaces: Times Roman,
Times Bold, Times Italic, and Times Bold
Italic.
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A set of characters of the same
typeface (such as Times), style (such
as
italic ), stroke weight (such as bold),
and point size (such as 10). Although
you hear the term “font” used more
generally, as if referring to a typeface,
it’s really a subset of a typeface.
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A collection of symbols designed for
various printing applications. Many
character sets are composed of the
letters (uppercase and lowercase A-Z),
digits (0-9), and any symbol (such as
blank space, dollar sign, and
ampersand). Other character sets are
composed entirely of symbols.
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