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This is a personal rant.
Computer engineers have used terms from the printing industry, without
understanding what the terms mean.
What comp. geeks call a "font" is actuallly a typeface. For example,
Times Roman is a typeface, it is not a font. The font of Times Roman
consists of the characters available in that typeface. The font of
a printer who has the Times Roman typeface may not include all of the
characters in the full Times Roman font. Some typefaces have a very
limited font, some have very extensive ones.
I have designed some typefaces myself, which are in limited use. As I
knew a full font wasn't needed for those I didn't design an extended font.
I don't care what the computer geeks think: font is not a synonym for
typeface.
Sorry for the rant, but it drives me up the wall.
Douglas
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