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The outfit your words wear before anyone reads what they actually say.
means A typeface is a designed set of letters, numbers, and symbols sharing a consistent visual style, used to print or display text.
from From 'type,' the metal blocks bearing raised letters used in early printing presses, plus 'face' — the actual printing surface of that block, the part that struck the ink onto paper. So a typeface was literally the 'face' of the type: its particular design or character. When printing went digital, the word carried over, even though the little metal blocks are long gone.
- font vs typeface
- typeface is the family, font is one weight/size
- serif origin
- little feet may mimic chisel marks in stone
- trust signal
- serif fonts read as credible, sans-serif reads as modern
- comic sans sin
- designed for speech bubbles, used for everything else instead