Definition of typeface Typeface
/tajˈpfejˌs/ - [taypfeys] - type•face
We found 5 definitions of typeface from 4 different sources.
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What does typeface mean?
WordNet
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| typeface - a specific size and style of type within a type family | ||
| font, fount, face, case | ||
| type a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper; "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up" | ||
| type family a complete set of type suitable for printing text | ||
| unicameral script a script with a single case | ||
| bicameral script a script having two distinct cases | ||
| constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font, typewriter font a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter) | ||
| proportional font any font whose different characters have different widths | ||
| cartridge font, font cartridge any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer | ||
| black letter, gothic a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches | ||
| bold, bold face, boldface a typeface with thick heavy lines | ||
| italic a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right | ||
| raster font, screen font the font that is displayed on a computer screen; "when the screen font resembles a printed font a document may look approximately the same on the screen as it will when printed" | ||
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Wiktionary 
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typeface
A grouping of consistently-designed glyphs, having the same size, and style.
Part of speech
🔤- typeface, noun, singular of typefaces.
