What is a font, type face, or typestyle?
The term “font” today refers to an alphabet of letter shapes of the same style. Historically, it included only one size set of letters, but since most typesetting is done on computers today, the size of a font is easily changeable, and the term has come to refer to the style, regardless of the size of the letters. The terms “typeface” or “typestyle” usually mean the same thing today. If you want to learn more about these terms, and other terms used to describe letters, there is an excellent glossary of typographical terms with examples available on Microsoft’s website.
