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Attributes of Fonts

All fonts share some common characteristics, which are called "attributes." The typeface is one such attribute. The letters and symbols that are actually printed are determined by the values of a collection of these attributes.


Typeface The design of the letters (e.g., Courier, CG Times, Helvetica, or Gothic).
Stroke Weight The thickness of the lines with which the letters are drawn (e.g., bold, medium, or light).
Style Whether the letters are drawn straight or at an angle (e.g., upright or italic).
Point Size Height of the letters (e.g., 10 point or 5 point).
Pitch (cpi) Number of characters that are printed in one inch (e.g., 10 cpi, 12 cpi, or Scale).
Character Width (Fixed/PS) Indicates whether the character width is set to "Fixed" or "Proportional."
Orientation Orientation of the characters on a page ("Portrait" or "Landscape").
Symbol Set The rule that defines the correspondence between the character codes coming from the host computer, and the letter forms that appear on the page (e.g., Roman-8).

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