RE: Update support for fonts

"David Broadfoot" <[email protected]> Sun, 19 Feb 2006 09:38:57 +1100

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Weeks [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, 19 February 2006 4:36 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: José Bollo
> Subject: Update support for fonts
> 
> Because of the separation between logical fonts (which is,
effectively, a
> font
> name) and a styled font (a logical font coupled with a size, angle,
bold
> or
> italics, etc) I've created a FONT_STYLE class.


The correct terminology for what you are calling a "logical font" is
TYPEFACE.

The correct terminology for what you are calling a "styled font" is
simply FONT.

A FONT is a TYPEFACE of a specific size, angle, boldness, etc.

David