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A Little Bit About Fonts

A Little Bit About Fonts. (Just the basics). What are fonts?. A font is a family of typefaces such as “Times New Roman” A font can include multiple type faces, such as “Times New Roman Bold” and “Times New Roman Italic” Each typeface is created individually by a type designer.

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A Little Bit About Fonts

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  1. A Little Bit About Fonts (Just the basics)

  2. What are fonts? • A font is a family of typefaces such as “Times New Roman” • A font can include multiple type faces, such as “Times New Roman Bold” and “Times New Roman Italic” • Each typeface is created individually by a type designer.

  3. Where are Fonts? Font files are stored on your computer in several locations On the Mac: Library > Fonts And Users > Username > Library > Fonts Applications can have their own fonts too

  4. Fonts on Windows Mostly in the Windows > Fonts folder, although occasionally inside a program folder

  5. Managing Fonts • The Mac comes with Font Book, but there are multiple 3rd party applications for managing fonts • Windows has a very simple control panel. There are 3rd party applications for windows too.

  6. Font Book on the Mac

  7. Control Panel on Windows

  8. A Little History • Adobe developed Type 1 Postscript Fonts • These came in two parts: bitmap files for viewing on screen and postscript files for printing • Apple developed TrueType • These have both the screen rendering pieces and the printer info in one file. • They are good for printing to printers without postscript, like inkjet printers.

  9. History Continued… • Apple Licensed the technology to Microsoft • MS TrueType fonts are in a slightly different format and Windows can not use Mac TrueType fonts. • Microsoft and Adobe teamed up to create OpenType format for fonts. • OpenType uses both postscript and TrueType technologies • OpenType is cross platform and holds a lot more characters (glyphs) than earlier formats.

  10. A Little Bit About Typography • Old style serif • Has serifs • Has a diagonal relationship between thick and thin parts of the letters.

  11. A Little Bit About Typography • Modern style serif • Has serifs • Has a vertical relationship between thick and thin parts of the letters.

  12. A Little Bit About Typography • Sans serif • Has no serifs Sans serif

  13. A Little Bit About Typography • Script • Resembles hand letering Script

  14. A Little Bit About Typography • Decorative • Anything goes…

  15. A Few Typography Terms • Leading – how much space between lines of text • Kearning – how much space between letters • x Height – How tall is the lower case x in a typeface • Decenders / Ascenders – letters that stick below or above the x-height lines.

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