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the outfit your words wear before anyone reads what they actually say.
means a font is a specific style and weight of a typeface, the visual costume that gives letters their personality.
from from old french fonte, meaning a casting, because metal type was literally melted and cast in a foundry, one size and weight at a time.
typeface vs fonttypeface is the family, font is one weight of it
comic sans birthdesigned in 1994 for a cartoon dog, microsoft bob
helvetica agecreated in 1957, means simply swiss in latin
serif purposetiny feet were meant to guide the eye
for instance
helvetica — used in nyc subway signage and american apparel logos since the 1970s
comic sans — banned by an official facebook group with over 60,000 members
times new roman — commissioned by the times of london newspaper in 1931
garamond — claude garamond cut it in 1540s paris, still used in book printing