From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Apr 16 23: 3:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from Spaz.HuntsvilleAL.COM (spaz.huntsvilleal.com [63.147.8.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7A1337B423 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2001 23:03:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@catonic.net) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by Spaz.HuntsvilleAL.COM (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f3H63I808197; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 06:03:18 GMT Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 06:03:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Kris Kirby X-Sender: kris@spaz.huntsvilleal.com To: Brett Glass Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: banner(6) In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010416211727.045766e0@localhost> Message-ID: X-Tech-Support-Email: bofh@catonic.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Brett Glass wrote: > >I could say "typeface" if that makes you feel better. But the figlet > >package itself calls them "fonts". > > "Fonts" is the correct term. A "typeface" is a design for a set of > characters, regardless of size. A "font" is a typeface scaled to a > specific size and density (e.g. 11 point bold). What is kerning? ----- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. | ------------------------------------------------------- "Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message