Fonts and Type faces

Fonts vs. Typefaces

What’s the Difference?

“Font” and “typeface” are two terms that are often incorrectly used interchangeably.

A font is one particular weight and style of a larger typeface. 

Typefaces are categories comprised of many different fonts. For example, Serif is a typeface, and Times New Roman is a font that is part of the Serif family.

There are a variety of different typefaces and fonts. 

Serif Typeface - Times New Roman , Courier (new) Century (FLICKS ON THE END) 

Sans-Serif Typeface - comic sans , calibri , Arial (NO FLICKS ON THE END)

Fonts in the script typeface are meant to imitate human handwriting 

The Modern typeface is characterised by variance between the and tick Bold lines in lettering E.G. Rockwell , Impact and Agency 

Courier has large spaces between each letter and are supposed to look like type writer fonts e.g Courier , Consolas and Monaco 

•  Serif fonts were rated as “stable,” “practical,” and “mature.”

•  Sans serif fonts didn’t receive any particularly positive or negative personality associations.

•  Script fonts were perceived as “feminine,” “funny,” and “casual.”

•  Modern fonts were categorized as “masculine,” “assertive,” and “coarse.”

•  Monospaced fonts were called “dull,” “plain,” and “unimaginative.”

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