Corel Font Manager Help

Glossary

This section provides explanations for common terms.

A code page is a table in the DOS or Windows operating system that defines which ASCII or ANSI character set is used for displaying text. Different character sets are used for different languages. A non-unicode code page is used for displaying legacy text.

font

A set of glyphs that share a design (typeface) and have a single style (such as italic), weight (such as bold), or spacing (such as condensed). For example, the typeface Times New Roman is available in several fonts, including Times New Roman Bold, Times New Roman Bold Italic, and Times New Roman Regular.

font family

A set of fonts that share an overall design but have a different style, weight, spacing, or other properties.

glyph (typographic)

A typographic glyph is a particular image that represents a character or part of a character. Glyphs are defined by their appearance and characters by their meaning.

collection

A selection of fonts that may reside in one or more folders. Corel Font Manager lets you add fonts to the default Favorites collection as well as create, name, populate, and remove collections.

OpenType fonts

Fonts with advanced typographic features that allow you to choose an alternate appearance for an individual character (also referred to as a glyph) or a sequence of characters. For example, you can choose alternate glyphs for numbers, fractions, or ligature sets.

The OpenType font specification was created jointly by Adobe and Microsoft. Based on Unicode, OpenType fonts extend the capabilities of older font technologies to offer cross-platform support (Windows and Mac OS), extended character sets, coexistence with Type 1 (PostScript) and TrueType fonts, support for a larger glyph limit (64k), and other advantages.

typeface

A typeface (or font family) is a set of one or more fonts that share a common design. Times New Roman, Arial, and Courier are examples of typefaces.

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