Definition: A catchall term for all letterforms used to convey words, type may refer to a specific typeface or font or to the overall use of typefaces/fonts in a document.
Today, digital type or fonts are the norm but other kinds of type include metal type used in early printing presses and wooden type, an American invention of the 19th century used for advertising of all sorts. Each letterform or puncuation mark is a single piece of type and type also refers to any collection of pieces of type.
As a verb, type also means to use a typewriter, a computer keyboard, or other types of input devices (such as a cellphone keypad) to input text — to write.
Also Known As: font | text
