In
this session we looked at the physical attributes of letterforms and the
differences between Fonts and Typefaces.
A Typeface is ‘the collection of
characters, letters, numbers, symbols, punctuation etc. which have the same
distinct design.
A Font is ‘the physical means used to
create the typeface – computer code/lithographic film/metal/woodcut. Fonts can
vary in point size but have the same constant weight.
The
most common fonts are:
Block
– mainly used for headlines and display
Gothic
– always sans serif
Roman –
commonly with serifs
Script
– brush and handwritten
Other
possible variations of font within a typeface are:
Regular
Regular
italic
Light
Light italic
Bold
Bold italic
Ultrabold
condensed
Condensed
Extended
Boldface
As part
of this session we, in our groups, arranged our fonts into categories. The first
categories we put them in were, the possible variations however we only had
fonts that fitted into regular, regular italic and bold.
The second
categorization we did was to arrange them into either, block, gothic, roman,
script.
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