Writing and Printing

Font

In metal typesetting, a font is a particular size, weight, and style of a typeface, a set of fonts that share an overall design. For instance, the typeface Bauer Bodoni (shown in the figure) includes fonts "Roman 12pt" (or "regular"), "bold 12pt" and "italic 12pt"; each of these styles is also available in a range of other common sizes. In traditional printing, fonts were physically created using metal or wood type, with a font for each size. In contemporary computing, however, the terms font and typeface are often used interchangeably to refer to computer fonts, most of which are scalable. While the various sizes of a typeface often use identical letterforms, it is not uncommon for a typeface to feature different design elements to aid readability or impact at especially large or small sizes. Computer fonts are distributed as files. Each file may contain one or more weight and style of a typeface.

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• ▸Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
• ▸Boncuklu Tarla
• ▸History of the Jews in Chernivtsi

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