Typeface vs Handwriting - What's the difference?
typeface | handwriting |
(typography) The particular design of some type. A font, or a font family.
(printing) The surface of type which inked, or the impression it makes.
The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
The characteristic writing of a particular person.
* {{quote-book, year=1895, author=F. Marion Crawford, title=Taquisara, chapter=, edition=
, passage=It was still early in the morning when Elettra brought her a letter, bearing the postmark of the city, and addressed in one of those small, clear handwritings which seem naturally to belong to scholars and students. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1893, author=Joseph B. Lightfoot, title=Essays on "Supernatural Religion", chapter=, edition=
, passage=In some handwritings of the seventh or eighth century, where the letters have a round form, the substitution of OT for EG would be far from difficult. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1914, author=P. S. Allen, title=The Age of Erasmus, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Great libraries are only just beginning to gather up the manuscript minutiae which their books contain; to identify handwritings ; to decipher monograms; to collect facts. }}
Text that was written by hand.
As nouns the difference between typeface and handwriting
is that typeface is (typography) the particular design of some type a font, or a font family while handwriting is the act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.As a verb handwriting is
.typeface
English
(wikipedia typeface)Alternative forms
* type faceNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (typography) facehandwriting
English
Noun
(en-noun)citation
citation
citation