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Typeface vs Midline - What's the difference?

typeface | midline |

In typography terms the difference between typeface and midline

is that typeface is the particular design of some type. A font, or a font family while midline is the level of the top of the x-height of a typeface.

typeface

English

(wikipedia typeface)

Alternative forms

* type face

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * (typography) face

    midline

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy, medicine) The medial line (or plane) of the body, which divides the body into halves that are mirror-images of each other.
  • (typography) The level of the top of the x-height of a typeface.