Letter Fountain. Showcasing & discussing the world of typography, icons and visual language. Tenth Letter of the Alphabet. The Anatomy of Type by Stephen Coles - An online companion to the book. Floralis Font on Typography Served. Free Fonts Download, Fonts for Free. Fonts.com.
Minus 9 Design. Fonts In Use – Type at work in the real world. Fonts, Typography, Lettering, Design. Styles, Weights, Widths — It’s All in the (Type) Family. In a previous Type Basics piece we examined the difference between a typeface and a font.
Both terms refer to a single manifestation of type. In this episode we look at how individual typefaces/fonts relate to each other. A quick note before we start – when we talk about typographic terms there is the official, “correct” terminology, and then there is the commonly accepted terminology. Because of the dramatic technological changes that occurred in the type industry in the previous century definitions have shifted. For example in metal type a font is one single typeface design in one specific point size, which means that metal Palatino 12 pt and Palatino 16 pt are two separate fonts. Typefaces and type families The different variants in a type family demonstrated on FF Scala by Martin Majoor. However – strictly speaking – the “typeface FF Scala” designates FF Scala Regular, and FF Scala Italic is another typeface.
Styles Italics and Obliques Weights and widths Alternative naming systems. Www2.hawaii.edu/~ailed/125/resources/typographyBasics.pdf. Www.theviciouscircus.com/images/pdf/GD141/GD141-TypeAnatomy.pdf. Www.infor.uva.es/~descuder/docencia/IG/letterform_anatomy.pdf. Thinking with Type. Learn: Anatomy of a Typeface. Anatomy of a Character.
By Ilene Strizver How do you tell one typeface from another?
If you’re trying to distinguish Helvetica from Times Roman, the difference is obvious. In other cases, however – especially between text designs having similar characteristics – the differences can be subtle and difficult for the less–experienced eye to see. One important step in training your eye to notice the details that set one design apart from another is to examine the anatomy of the characters that make up our alphabet. As in any profession, type designers have a specialized vocabulary to talk about the different parts of letters. Visit our Articles & News Page to read other FYTI Articles. Typeface Anatomy and Glossary. Here’s a glossary of common type terminology, which along with the FAQs may answer many font related questions.
If the information you need isn’t here, call us. Abbreviations Many fonts have abbreviations in their names. Some relate to glyph sets and font formats, others to design traits and foundries, and so on. A comprehensive list of these abbreviations and their explanation can be found in The Abbreviated Typographer from Unzipped. Adobe Type Manager (ATM) A font utility published by Adobe that allowed computers to use PostScript Type 1 fonts. ATM Light 4.61 for Mac (.hqx / 3.43 MB)ATM Light 4.1 for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4 (.exe / 12.11 MB ) AFM (Adobe Font Metrics) A text file related to PostScript fonts that stores font metrics information such as character widths and kerning pairs. Anti-aliasing Blurring the edges of a font on screen to soften the look of bitmapped type.
Antiqua, Antikva Aperture. Typography posters. Download fonts from classic to cool - Linotype.com. Hoefler & Frere-Jones.