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Font

Meaning in graphic design, with examples

/fɑːnt/nounCore term

In graphic design, font means: One specific style and weight of a typeface, such as Arial Bold, usually stored as a file you install on your computer. In everyday speech it often means the typeface itself.

In Turkish: font, yazı tipi

How it is used

Extremely common in studios and in file handover. You install, embed, license, replace or outline fonts; printers ask whether fonts are embedded, and software warns about missing fonts.

Example sentences

  1. InDesign says two fonts are missing. Can you send me the font files with the package?

  2. Please check the font licence before we use it in the client's app.

Common collocations

  • install a font
  • embed fonts
  • missing font
  • font licence
  • font size
  • typefaceA particular design of letters, numbers and symbols that share the same style, such as Helvetica, Garamond or Futura, usually available in several weights and styles.
  • font familyA group of related fonts that share the same design but differ in weight, width or style, for example Roboto Light, Roboto Regular, Roboto Bold and Roboto Italic.
  • font weightHow thick or thin the strokes of a font are, from thin and light through regular and medium to bold and black.
  • convert to outlinesTo turn live, editable text into vector shapes, so the file looks correct even on a computer that does not have the font. The text can no longer be edited as type.

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