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GNU FreeFont (also known as Free UCS Outline Fonts) is a family of free OpenType, TrueType and WOFF vector fonts, implementing as much of the Universal Character Set (UCS) as possible, aside from the very large CJK Asian character set. The project was initiated in 2002 by Primož Peterlin and is now maintained by Steve White.
The word "Antiqua" written in the Antiqua style. Antiqua ( / æ n ˈ t iː k w ə / ) [ 1 ] is a style of typeface used to mimic styles of handwriting or calligraphy common during the 15th and 16th centuries. [ 2 ]
Impact is a sans-serif typeface in the industrial or grotesque style designed by Geoffrey Lee in 1965 and released by the Stephenson Blake foundry of Sheffield. [1] It is well known for having been included in the core fonts for the Web package and distributed with Microsoft Windows since Windows 98.
The Noto family is designed with the goal of achieving visual harmony (e.g., compatible heights and stroke thicknesses) across multiple languages/scripts. Commissioned by Google, the font is licensed under the SIL Open Font License. [3] Until September 2015, the fonts were under the Apache License 2.0. [4]
Fonts that use these mechanisms are commonly referred to as "Variable fonts". OpenType Font Variations re-introduces techniques that were previously developed by Apple in TrueType GX, and by Adobe in Multiple Master fonts. The common idea of these formats is that a single font includes data to describe multiple variations of a glyph outline ...
The Bauer Bodoni typeface, with samples of the three of the fonts in the family: Roman (or regular), bold, and italic.. In metal typesetting, a font (American English) or fount (Commonwealth English) is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface, defined as the set of fonts that share an overall design.
Google Fonts (formerly known as Google Web Fonts) is a computer font and web font service owned by Google. This includes free and open source font families, an interactive web directory for browsing the library, and APIs for using the fonts via CSS [ 2 ] and Android . [ 3 ]
In order to increase the legibility of Garamond, a common approach in typography is to increase text size such that the height of its lower-case characters (i.e., the absolute x-height of the font) matches that of Times New Roman, which counterbalances cost savings. Thomas Phinney, an expert on digital fonts, noted that the effect of simply ...