Understanding Fonts
Style refers to other typeface modifications, such as tilt or character
width. Italic and oblique are styles where the characters are tilted. Nar-
row, condensed and extended are three common styles that modify the
character widths.
Some fonts combine several weight and style modifications; for exam-
ple, Helvetica Narrow Bold Italic. A group of several weight and style
variations of a single typeface is called a typeface family. Most typeface
families have four variations: regular, italic, bold, and bold italic. Some
families have more variations, as the following illustration for the Hel-
vetica typeface family shows:
Helvetica
Helvetica-Italic
Helvetica-Bold
Helvetica-BoldItalic
Helvetica-Narrow
Helvetica-Narrow Italic
Helvetica-Narrow Bold
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