Definition: The design of an alphabet or set of characters is a typeface. For example, Times New Roman, Frutiger, Verdana, and Comic Sans are each a specific typeface. By contrast, font is a specific typeface in a specific point size and style. Although frequently used interchangeably, technically typeface and font are different. Today, digital fonts are the actual file that contains a describes multiple sizes of a certain typeface.
A typeface may belong to a type family which might include bold, italic, condensed, and other specific typestyles based on that typeface.
For further discussion see: Is It a Font or a Typeface? to learn how the two terms differ but are often used to mean the same thing.
Also Known As: font
