<P> In metal typesetting, a font was a particular size, weight and style of a typeface . Each font was a matched set of type, one piece (called a "sort") for each glyph, and a typeface consisting of a range of fonts that shared an overall design . </P> <P> In modern usage, with the advent of digital typography, "font" is frequently synonymous with "typeface". In particular, the use of "vector" or "outline" fonts means that different sizes of a typeface can be dynamically generated from one design . Each style may still be in a separate "font file"--for instance, the typeface "Bulmer" may include the fonts "Bulmer roman", "Bulmer italic", "Bulmer bold" and "Bulmer extended"--but the term "font" might be applied either to one of these alone or to the whole typeface . </P> <P> The word font (traditionally spelled fount in British English, but in any case pronounced / fɒnt /) derives from Middle French fonte "(something that has been) melted; a casting". The term refers to the process of casting metal type at a type foundry . </P>

A font is a set of characters of a certain design