typeface

noun

type·​face ˈtīp-ˌfās 

1

: all type of a single design

2

: the face of printing type

Examples of typeface in a Sentence

The book's typeface is very elegant.

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead, the text-only logo uses a new typeface against the familiar gold background. —Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025

Evie’s job was in design, which mostly entailed choosing typefaces and superimposing them onto photographs taken by someone else—a luxury sailboat anchored off the white sands of Tahiti, for example; a tattooed ceramicist staring from her studio; a plump, healthy chicken poised for slaughter. —Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025

The brand’s 2025 collection features preppy pleated skirts, cardigans with square breast pockets and caps with a script typeface, which have already sold out. —Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 11 July 2025

After several iterations and quite a few refinements, the final design features keycap legends with the same typeface used on the Unbox Therapy logo, giving the keyboard a sleek and unified UT look. —Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Phrases Containing typeface

• proportional font/typeface

Rhymes for typeface

• aerospace
• anatase
• anyplace
• commonplace
• cyberspace
• database
• diabase
• diastase
• dnase
• elastase
• fireplace
• hyperspace