Basic Terminology
At the most basic level, typography is a combination of font, size, spacing, and colour. When typographers and graphic designers talk about the text on a webpage or poster, they often employ very specific language. Some of the terms that you will hear or read about include terms like: character, type, typeface, font, font family.
Characters – are the individual letters of the alphabet, numbers or numerals, and punctuation marks that can be created to written/printed communication (text).
Type - the characters (letters, numbers, symbols) that make up the visual text and display of a reading matter. http://www.will-harris.com/use-type.htm
Typeface – is a set of characters of the same design.
Fonts – are the digital representations of typefaces and are also small computer files that are stored on a computer to allow for those representations.
Font family – is an interchangeable term often used for typeface.
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