typeface

noun type·face \ ˈtīp-ˌfās \

|Updated on: 20 Jul 2018

Examples: typeface in a Sentence

Definition of typeface

1 : all type of a single design

2 : the face of printing type

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Examples of typeface in a Sentence

The book's typeface is very elegant.

Recent Examples of typeface from the Web

Volvo offers drivers a graphically beautiful gauge pod, with dials that have a touch of feathering and a nice typeface.

— scott sturgis, Philly.com, "Driving the 2018 Volvo XC60," 5 July 2018
But instead of transcribing letter for letter, Catalog is instead creating a printing press, where each typeface is represented by a small molecule of DNA.

— megan molteni, WIRED, "The Rise of DNA Data Storage," 26 June 2018
Fortunately, a number of third party apps offer more variety with animated text, additional typefaces, and augmented reality effects.

— refinery29.com, "6 Apps That Will Make Your Instagram Stories Stand Out," 15 June 2018
In addition the new typeface for the names and numbers on the kit has been inspired by the city itself.

— SI.com, "PHOTO: Liverpool Launch New Home Kit for 2018/19 Season," 19 Apr. 2018
The title screen from the video shows the number 27, and MGK took to Twitter to reveal that the typeface was Cobain’s handwriting.

— shanté honeycutt, Billboard, "Machine Gun Kelly Reflects on His Career & Mortality in '27' Video: Watch," 23 Apr. 2018
That footnote — written in the same typeface as Orteaga's introduction and set off from the Spanish text with an asterisk — is seamlessly integrated into Messori's version as if Mortara himself had written it.

— Fox News, "Key findings in analysis of memoir of a Jew raised Catholic," 20 Apr. 2018
Students worked on a branding concept including logos and typefaces, signs and merchandise intended to revitalize the nonprofit cultural center.

— daily pilot staff, latimes.com, "Biz News: Burger Boss to open location in Newport Beach," 14 Apr. 2018
The Genesis typeface is seamless in the back, so the flushness of modernism is very much here.

— jim resnick, Ars Technica, "Jaw-dropping Genesis Essentia stole the show in NY—and it may never be built," 3 Apr. 2018

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