Will people still use them interchangeably between disciplines, industries, and languages? Probably.
A typeface is how we visually identify a Type.So all in all, knowing the difference between type, typeface, font, and font-family will empower you to speak, a unifying design language. Helping to smooth out the designer to developer communication. Along with other information like line-height (leading) and letter-spacing (tracking). The type spec will communicate information like the typeface, fonts (weights), and size. The reason being as a designer you will see the Font listed by the description in your design tool. Tip for working with developersĪ designer may say “that font is supposed to be bold” and a developer may ask “what font-weight number is that”. But there is another channel of communication in product design where things can get murky and that is between designer and developer. I think this covers the design to design communication. And if you need clarification or you think there is some miscommunication, just politely ask the person and talk it out. This will help you effectively communicate with people from all backgrounds and design disciplines. However, it’s good to know the difference so you can understand or use the correct terminology within the appropriate context. Using the terms interchangeably is ok for the most part outside of print and type design.
And developers use font-family and mean typeface. Product designers use, typeface and mean font. Because I have heard graphic designers use, font and mean typeface. The division is not so clear cut, as camp A and camp B and I am surely not trying to promote that. As opposed to those who mainly work in like software, web, or product design (UI/UX) may use the font. What I have come to notice is people who have a background in graphic design, print, and sending designs to print may hear or use the word typeface. But the main takeaway here is that Typeface is what we see its how we identify Type and Font is the variation of Type that we use. And not all Typefaces have all these fonts in the font-family. There are more fonts in Roboto that we did not mention. The font-family of Roboto would be the collection of fonts like Roboto Thin, Light, Regular, Italic and Bold. There are hundreds of typefaces but here are a few examples:įonts available in google fonts for Roboto Font-Family A typeface is a particular design of Type that has the same visual consistency and characteristics across all characters. The identity is associated with the typeface. When you look at different pieces of Typography any party will generally agree that it has an identity, a style, a weight, and a size.
Which are very similar but have subtle differences. Depending on what industry you are in and who you are speaking with, they may use one or the other. This widespread use across disciplines leads to some of the terms being used interchangeably.įour common terms used interchangeably across design are type, typeface, font, and font-family. It is now used in many different industries and disciplines including graphic, motion, and product design (UI/UX). The use of Typography has evolved and grown over time. The origin of Typography has deep roots but many of the terms used today can be traced back to print before even 1880.
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