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Today I was helping a friend to find a font  for one of his project. At that time one thing came in Mind, whosoever is using computer needs font of different types. Different font types some times  give different impression to  a word. So I was pondering about  ‘What is Font’, what are its features. I started searching for the exact definition of font and I stumbled to this article on IBM’s Site. All of us use it without everything about it, as a mater of fact its a small and common thing which we see everyday, so lets check out What is Font. What if some one require a different set of fonts to keep things different then you can search for fonts in Search box under  this article to search around catalog of  20,000 fonts. This search Box is Provided by Fonts.com, you can also downlaod fonts from ITC(interface Typeface Corporation ) check out  ITCfonts.com – Download over 1,000 PostScript and TrueType Fonts! and you can also submit a new design for the font on ITCfonts.com

What are fonts?

When printing was done with metal type, a font was the the source, or matrix, from which type was cast, or a set of type in one size and style cast from the same font. Now, in the strictest definition, a font is a single weight of a single width of a single style of a single typeface, either unsized or in a single size. Unless the term font is qualified, this is its meaning in this publication.

Weight

Weight is the lightness or darkness of the printed characters. Heavy characters have thicker lines and look blacker than light characters. Typical weights are:
Medium
Bold

Width

Width, or proportion, is determined in relation to a character’s height. Typical widths are:
Condensed
Normal
Expanded

Style

Style, or posture, is the inclination of a letter around a vertical axis. Typical styles are:
Roman
Italic

Typeface

A typeface is the design from which fonts are created. It is usually either copyrighted or registered as a trademark of an owner.Typical typefaces are:
Courier
Helvetica
Times New Roman

In strict IBM and Adobe terminology, different styles of the same design are considered to be different typefaces of the same typeface family or type family. In Hewlett-Packard (HP) terminology, and in less strict usage elsewhere, a typeface family is called simply a typeface. In this publication, style and posture are specified whenever they are relevant, so the context indicates which meaning of typeface is meant.

Some other terms that are closely associated with fonts are:

Code page

A code page maps a collection of code points, or character codes, to unique character identifiers. Code pages are used to associate the character codes in the print data stream with characters in the font character set.A single-byte code page contains 256 or fewer one-byte code points. Single-byte code pages are large enough for languages with alphabetic writing systems, such as English, Greek, and Arabic.

A double-byte code page can contain as many as 65 536 two-byte code points. Languages with non-alphabetic writing systems, such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, require double-byte code pages.

CMap

In Adobe fonts, a CMap, like an IBM code page, maps character codes to unique character identifiers.

Character set

A character set is a group of related characters, for example, all the letters, numerals, and punctuation marks required to print English.

Font character set

A font character set is a file containing the identifiers, descriptions, and raster patterns or outlines of characters. This file is used to describe a font as a resource type to Advanced Function Presentation (AFP).

Single-byte character set (SBCS)

A single-byte character set is a font character set intended for use with a single-byte code page.

Double-byte character set (DBCS)

A double-byte character set is a font character set intended for use with a double-byte code page.

CIDFont

In Adobe fonts, a CIDFont, like an IBM font character set, maps character identifiers to PostScript outlines of the characters.

Coded font

A coded font is a mapping between a font character set and a code page.Coded fonts are sometimes simply called fonts because when you want to specify a font for printing line data on MVS or VM, you must actually specify a coded font.

CID-keyed font

A CID-keyed font is a font consisting of one CMap and one CIDFont. Adobe CID-keyed fonts correspond roughly to IBM coded fonts. Adobe uses CID-keyed fonts for Asian languages.

Font object

A font object is any member of a font library, such as a code page, coded font, or font character set.

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