Font headset, size and basic parameters

Surprisingly, all existing fonts in the world differ in only three parameters: the headset, the size and the shape. Particular attention deserves a key moment - the headset, which can completely transform any text. About this, as well as ways to change the font settings in a text editor and with HTML-imposition more.

What is a font?

Font is a set of images of symbols of the alphabet, numbers executed in one format, style, design, in other words - it is an analog of handwriting. The first fonts for machines were created on the basis of the official "hand" handwriting. The handwritten semi-text is the basis of many Cyrillic fonts, and the Gothic letter became the basis for Latin character styles.

Absolutely all computer "handwriting" differ from each other in three dimensions: size, typeface, font style.

Font headset

The most important parameter in typography. The font headset is a set in one or several sizes, characterized by a style unity of the image of alphanumeric, punctuation and special symbols. There are often headsets consisting only of mathematical values or special signs, for example cartographic.

The concepts "headset" and "font" are often confused because of the similarity of their subject, especially in text editors. However, the first is much wider, because the font headset determines the style of the entire text, and it itself can be limited to the unity of performance only, for example, italic font.

Many headsets are known to PC users: Courier New, Calibri, Arial, Times New Roman. All names are written in Latin letters, even if the font set was created by Russian developers, its transliteration or translation into English is used.

Types of sets

The font headset is basically divided into groups by this classifier:

• Handwritten. This group is characterized by a similarity to the handwritten text traced by a brush or a pen. It can be either separately or combined symbols.

• Chopped. Another name is sans serif (French "without"). Alphabetized symbols are used without sans serifs. This is one of the most convenient fonts for both small inscriptions and for large selected titles - they are nice to the eye, easy to read. Use such a clear and legible font-grotesque and for marking, labels on labels, "twisted" text (addressed in relation to the main tone of the page).

• Antiqua - serif. Experimental studies were conducted, which established that these fonts are most convenient for speed reading of "solid" texts - serifs automatically translate the view from one character to another, do not let the letters merge. However, for headlines, selections, they are not good - it seems that the letters are "crowded", creating a sense of randomness. Antiqua is characterized by its traditional official appearance, and is therefore widely used in the relevant texts.

• Decorative. This typeface of fonts, otherwise called an accident, is created to convey and some kind of non-verbal meaning written. This includes the most bizarre and unusual styles of characters. However, in the text they should not be carried away - it is better to decorate only the demonstration subtitle with an accented font.

• Symbolic. These headsets do not contain standard numbers, letters, punctuation marks - here only special characters, needed for thematic texts - cartographic, arithmetic, frames, etc.

Font size

The headset is the first parameter of the text, the second is the size. Otherwise, it is called a font size.

This parameter is designed to facilitate reading of text: large characters are highlighted by headings, important information, secondary (footnotes, notes) are typed in a smaller font.

In text editors, we are accustomed to the standard sizes: 8, 11, 12, 14, 18, 24, etc. Each of these values indicates the total height of the headset symbols from the highest to the lowest (for example, from "D" to "p" "). It is measured in special units - printing stations. One punkt (German "point") is 0.3528 mm.

Font style

The final parameter is saturation and style - the outline of symbols. The font headset is mostly typed in a "direct" style or with a slight slant - italic.

Saturation is the thickness of the symbol's outline. In addition to the standard, there are also "thick" varieties - bold, bold. There is also a more detailed division into superlight, light, fat and hyper-richness.

Styles and saturations resonate with each other, so you can find bold and bold italics.

Change font settings

You can change the font headset and similar parameters in the text application MS Word in one of three convenient ways:

1. Through the toolbar. It is located on the main working tab of the editor directly above the text sheet. With its help you can not only change the headset (font name), set the desired size, style, text saturation, but also choose the desired color of the symbols, highlight the important points by underlining.
2. A dialog box for formatting. In the "Word" is called by the right mouse button or by a combination of "hot keys" CTRL + D. In this way, you can call the dialog in the Notepad program. It also allows you to specify individual text parameters: a headset, a size, an outline.
3. Use "hot" combinations of buttons. When you call "Help" or click on the "About the program" link, you can find the section where the full list of them is disclosed. To use this method, you must first select the text, and then click the desired combination. For Word, the chords are: CTRL + I - italic, CTRL + B - bold.

For HTML editing, changing the headset looks a little more complicated:

1. First of all, we must select the text whose fonts headset should be changed.
2. Next, put the tag (after the colon, the name of the selected headset, then the comma and the name of the style of English in front ( cursive , heavy) are inscribed before the selected fragment.
3. At the very end, you put the tag.
4. All the changes made are saved - the result of writing the correct tags will be properly changed text.

Thus, the fonts font, and the like with it and the auxiliary parameters - size, outline, - with proper application can make the text interesting, easy to read and structured.