What is a Font?
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Whatis a font? Seems like a silly question. Anyone who uses a computer chooses one regularly. In fact, the term has become ingrained as part of our vernacular. However, if you think about the word “font”, what does it mean and what does it REALLY pertain to?
The term font (a cognate of the word fondue) is derived from Middle French fonte, meaning “something that has been melted”, referring to type produced by casting molten Read the rest of this entry
Whatis a font? Seems like a silly question. Anyone who uses a computer chooses one regularly. In fact, the term has become ingrained as part of our vernacular. However, if you think about the word “font”, what does it mean and what does it REALLY pertain to?
The term font (a cognate of the word fondue) is derived from Middle French fonte, meaning “something that has been melted”, referring to type produced by casting molten Read the rest of this entry