typeface

Other forms of typeface

plural

typefaces·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about typeface

What does typeface mean?

typeface means "a specific size and style of type within a type family".

How many syllables are in typeface?

typeface has 2 syllables: type-face. The stress falls on "type". In IPA it is /ˈtaɪpˌfeɪs/.

What is another word for typeface?

Close synonyms include font, fount, face, case. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is typeface a common word?

typeface is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with typeface?

7 words rhyme with typeface. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.