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Leading space/padding in sans-serif fonts
Notice the small space before the letter L in the first two lines in the following image.
It's more notable the larger the font size, but it's there in the second line too. The fonts in this example ...
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"Pitch" when we talk about /computer/ monospaced fonts
Pitch is the number of (monospaced) letters, numbers and spaces in one inch (25.4 mm) of running text, that is, characters per inch (abbreviated cpi). The pitch was most often used as a measurement of ...
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What are fonts halfway between serif and sans-serif called?
I want to experiment with fonts for a textbook (with math, so latex is the typesetting program). How can I find suitable and reasonably popular fonts that are halfway between serif and sans-serif --- ...
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Where do alphanumeric (or other) characters end, and a typeface begins?
This question might be on the edge of what is allowed, since it might be quite difficult to answer this with facts and reason. If this crosses the boundaries please let me know. The reason I decided ...
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Should I put a hyphen in “sans-serif”?
If i am describing a font and i say «it is a sans serif» should i put a hyphen in sans-serif or not? A random amount of googling suggests that both with- and without-hyphen are used, and each one ...
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Is there a way to tell character fonts vs non-character fonts?
I am looking at a PDF which is using the `European Pi 3' font. As you can see here, this font doesn't render the characters like actualy characters, but like different icons. The 'P' is a big circle, '...
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Font that doesn't move when text is edited
What is the characteristic of a font called when each symbol has its own space and it cannot move the other symbols after changing. For example, if I have time in the format hour:minute:second, and ...
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What is the correct term of this part on a typeface
a quick question.
What is the correct term of this (see picture) on a font?
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Hoefler text, capital and apostrophe
Consider the following snippets featuring the kerning between L' and the following word expérience, which is a common occurrence in French, for several classic fonts, as well as the relatively new ...
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Difference between a Font attribute and a Typeface attribute
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So, I am getting UI development in Android and as I started reading TextView attributes, I found an attribute called typeface. I then searched the technical differences between a font and ...
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What is a polynomial kerning table?
From Robert Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style:
Names like T.V.R. Murti and T.R.V Murti, for example, pose microscopic typographic problems that no binomial kerning table can solve. ...
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What does "HC" signify in a font name?
Examples: Arial HC, IDAutomationHC39M.
It seems to show up most strong textfrequently with free fonts.
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Definition of Premium fonts
I see the term "premium font" used a lot, but cannot find a definition of the term. What makes a premium font different from, I presume, non-premium fonts?
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Name for type that has the same width and height
I know monospaced type (font) means all characters have the same width. Is there a similar name for fonts where all character have the same width and height?
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Term for fonts with fixed versus variable stroke widths
Comparisons between "serif fonts" and "sans-serif fonts" generally compare Times-Roman or Times New Roman against Helvetica or Arial. The presence of serifs on the former and lack of them on the ...
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Serifs used in sans-serif fonts
There are some sans-serif fonts where serifs are used sporadically:
My questions are:
Are these considered real serifs, i.e. will typeface designers call them serifs or are there other names?
Is ...
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What is the term for the short lines of a square bracket?
In a square-angled bracket, what is the name of the short horizontal lines at the top/bottom of the vertical line? ex. [ ]
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What is the difference between a font and a typeface?
Originally, the typeface is a particular design of type, while a font is a type in a particular size and weight. In short, a typeface usually gathers many fonts.
Nowadays, with the digital design of ...
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Is there a standard for categorizing typefaces?
So I was reading two documents on typography and each classifies font types in completely different categories.
One document says we have : serif, sans serif, text, script, display and dingbats.
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What does the size of the font translate to exactly?
I have a 40 pixel font that I'm trying to translate into custom images. I'm trying to match the size of the image exactly, but I'm having some problems getting exactly the right size. Basically, what ...
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