fonts - 字体和字体系列有什么区别？

Question

字体和字体族是否有明确的区别，例如我们可以将Arial视为字体族，而将Arial Regular视为字体吗？

Answer 1

您可以将 Arial 视为 Arial 常规的同义词，因为这是人们在谈论 Arial 时通常的意思，或者您可以将 Arial 常规视为更大的 Arial 家族的一个子集，其中还包括 Arial 粗体、Arial 窄型等。现代术语不清楚-cut，但在传统术语中 Arial 和 Arial regular 不是字体:

In traditional typography, a font is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. Each font was a matched set of metal type, one piece (called a "sort") for each glyph, and a typeface comprised a range of fonts that shared an overall design.

In modern usage, with the advent of digital typography, "font" is frequently synonymous with "typeface", although the two terms do not necessarily mean the same thing.

来自 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font