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typeface en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtaɪpˌfeɪs/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From type + face.

Meanings

  1. The particular design of some type, font, or a font family.
    • (Technically Aptos and Calibri are typefaces, while a “font” refers to a particular face or size, like italics or boldface. But in practice, “font” is often used as a synonym for “typeface,” including by Microsoft employees interviewed for this article.) 2024 February 28, Victor Mather, “Microsoft Word’s Subtle Typeface Change Affected Millions. Did You Notice?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  2. The surface of type which inked, or the impression it makes.

Forms

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typefaces Number=Plur lexicographic
type-face alternative lexicographic
type face alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

typefaced

Synonyms

font[Appendix:Glossary · face

Translations (36)

ka შრიფტის სახეობა (font family) · ja 字体 (font family) · cy wyneb (font family) · cmn 字體 /字体 (font family) · hu betűtípus (font family) · de Schrift (font family) · bo ཡིག་གཟུགས་ཁྱིམ་རྒྱུད (font family) · pt família tipográfica (font family) · pl krój pisma (font family) · tr yazı tipi (font family) · nl lettertype (font family) · sv typsnitt (font family) · nb typesnitt (font family) · cs rodina písma (font family) · ru гарниту́ра (font family) · ro garnitură de litere (font family) · mk печатарски слог (font family) · cy teip (font family) · ja 書体 (font family) · he גופן (font family) · fr police de caractères (font family) · mi matapūkupu (font family) · ru шрифт (font family) · de Schriftart (font family) · tr yazı biçimi (font family) · de Type (font family) · es familia tipográfica (font family) · mi matatuhi (font family) · ka შრიფტი (font family) · eo signobildo (font family) · fr fonte de caractères (font family) · fr police d’écriture (font family) · bo ཡིག་གཟུགས (font family) · fi kirjasintyyppi (font family) · ca tipus de lletra (font family) · tr punto (font family)