The word font (traditionally spelled fount in British English, but in any case pronounced / ˈ f ɒ n t/) derives from Middle French fonte " melted a casting". Metal type sorts arranged on a composing stick Etymology
In traditional typesetting, the font would be made from metal or wood type: to compose a page may require multiple fonts or even multiple typefaces. In both traditional typesetting and computing, the word "font" refers to the delivery mechanism of the typeface. When used in computers, each style is in a separate digital "font file". The term "font" is correctly applied to any one of these alone but may be seen used loosely to refer to the whole typeface.
For instance, the typeface " Bauer Bodoni" (sample shown here) includes fonts " Roman" (or "Regular"), " Bold" and " Italic" each of these exists in a variety of sizes. In the 21st century, with the advent of computer fonts, the terms "font" and "typeface" are often used interchangeably, although the term "typeface" refers to the design of typographical lettering, whereas the term "font" refers to the specific style of a typeface, such as its size and weight. A typeface consists of various fonts that share an overall design. Each font is a matched set of type, with a piece (a " sort") for each glyph. In metal typesetting, a font is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. See also: Typeface The Bauer Bodoni typeface, with samples of the three of the fonts in the family
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