Typefaces
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"In typography, a typeface (also known as font family) is a set of one or more fonts each composed of glyphs that share common design features." - Wikipedia
"A typeface is a set of characters of the same design. These characters include letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and symbols. Some popular typefaces include Arial, Helvetica, Times, and Verdana. While most computers come with a few dozen typefaces installed, there are thousands of typefaces available. Because they are vector-based (not bitmaps), typefaces can be scaled very large and still look sharp. The term "typeface" is often confused with "font," which is a specific size and style of a typeface. For example, Verdana is a typeface, while Verdana 10 pt bold is a font. It's a small difference, but is good to know." - Techterms.com
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Typefaces are everywhere Typefaces can be found all around us. They're in business cards, billboards, magazines, advertises flyers, etc. It is hard to look anywhere in the city without seeing one. Typeface is an important tool for branding. We see a certain kind of font and our mind goes straight to the brand or the business that uses that font. It is clever and effective way to make sure the brand will be in peoples minds
For example:
AaBbCcAaBbCcAaBbCcAaBbCc Helvetica
AaBbCcAaBbCcAaBbCcAaBbCc Arial AaBbCcAaBbCcAaBbCcAaBbCc
Times New Romana
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League Gothic
AaBbCcAaBbCcAaBbCcAaBbCcAaBbC Comic Sans
Typefaces are divided to two categories; serif and sans serif. Serif typefaces includes small details at the en of all the letters. Sans serifs lack the details. Digital format of typeface has been the dominant format since 1980. Image of each character on digital fonts are stored as bitmap font or a vector font. Emojis are a type of typeface that has become more popular amongst the people. Using them is like going back in time to the agent Egypt with their hieroglyphs. First invented in Japan, Emojis are nowadays commonly part of smartphone and computer systems.
Typefaces and Me
Typefaces has become more and more important tool for me in my everyday life. When I was younger just learning to use microsoft word for school projects and presentations, fonts, colors, their sizes and forms were just fun way to make the presentation to look more vibrant. It would take me good half an hour to make a headline while trying to decide how to make it look just right. Then it was just to impress the classmates with my word skills. Nowadays it can take me just as long to find the right fonts and looks for the headline and for presentation since I have a message I want to send, not just with my words, but the looks of them. I need make my text look professional, but also take the customer in consideration. I have to make sure my choices represent me and my perspective but also respects the task that I have been given. Â
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Dog Is a sentence that uses every letter of the english alphabet, perfect for testing different typefaces