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Subject:Re: Times Roman 'N' Helvetica From:Linda Wolf <tscom010 -at- DUNX1 -dot- OCS -dot- DREXEL -dot- EDU> Date:Fri, 5 Nov 1993 10:17:32 EST
>I think lots of writers have leapt into the brave new world of DTP and multi-
>font capability with little background in typography. For example, most of us
>(and Windows program menu options further this) say font when we mean typeface.
>A minor quibble, but indicative of our disconnection from the source of this
>terminology.
Fred,
What *is* the difference between font and typeface???
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Linda Wolf
Drexel University
tscom010 -at- dunx1 -dot- ocs -dot- drexel -dot- edu
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