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Date:	Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:16:20 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: OS2.INI PM_Font_Drivers ?

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rosenfeldmj@comcast.net wrote:
>
> Fontographers call a font a single weight (point size) of a single
> style because that's how fonts came, cast in lead, one "font" per
> drawer.

Thanks, yes. While most of us use "font" as a universal descriptor,
it's actually "face" plus point size plus boldness and italicness that
defines a "font".

Times Roman is a "face". 11 point semi-bold Times Roman is a "font".

If you go in the other direction you have Unicode
(http://www.unicode.org/). Unicode defines the characters. An artist
then takes the characters and creates a "look" called a face. The face
is then adapted for all the different required "fonts".

- Peter

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