typeface

[tahyp-feys] /ˈtaɪpˌfeɪs/

noun

face (defs 19b, c).

Origin

1900-05; type + face

Examples from the web for typeface

The court may refuse to consider text presented in less than standard font, such as small or fine typeface.
One of my colleagues asks her students to sketch their names using a typeface that conveys something about themselves.
It's a faux-jaunty, watered-down typeface, a corporation's idea of informal joviality.
There are character studies and typeface trials and color tests, historical photos and book cover concepts.
The soothing voice was part of the shtick, along with the dreamy graphics and cursive typeface.
Then when people do figure out how to get their text in a larger typeface it would actually do them some good.
The biggest changes are the ability to change the typeface.
Rarely is a typeface introduced with as much fanfare as a new movie, book or song.
The rest were pretty mundane and, therefore, not a single typeface company was interested in distributing it.
The name of the place has been rendered in a violent-looking metallic spatter typeface.

British Dictionary definitions for typeface

typeface

/ˈtaɪpˌfeɪs/

noun

another name for face (sense 17)

Word Origin and History for typeface

also type-face, 1873, from type (n.) + face (n.).

typeface in Technology

text
The style or design of a font. Other independent parameters are size, boldness (thickness of lines), and obliqueness (a sheer transformation applied to the characters, not to be confused with a specifically designed italic font).
(1996-08-02)