Computer generated fonts are electronic data files. In this blog, it refers to computer generated fonts or activities, for example, online quizzes. As a means of convenience both categories have been put together.
A computer font contains a set of glyphs (characters/ symbols) that create unity within a typeface. Originally a font was a means of referring to metal type, however since the 1990’s most fonts are digital and are used on computers.
- In terms of computer generated fonts as data files, they are in three basic formats. This includes bitmap, which are fonts made up of a series of pixels that form glyphs.
- Vector fonts use mathematical formulae (Bézier curves) to create each glyph. The benefit of using mathematical formulae is that a font can be scaled to any size as a result.
- Finally stroke fonts are fonts that describe a glyph size and shape through a series of lines. Additional information can also be included in order to reflect a typeface, or in other words its “profile”. These elements work in conjunction in order to describe glyphs.
- In terms of computer generated fonts as data files, they are in three basic formats. This includes bitmap, which are fonts made up of a series of pixels that form glyphs.
- Vector fonts use mathematical formulae (Bézier curves) to create each glyph. The benefit of using mathematical formulae is that a font can be scaled to any size as a result.
- Finally stroke fonts are fonts that describe a glyph size and shape through a series of lines. Additional information can also be included in order to reflect a typeface, or in other words its “profile”. These elements work in conjunction in order to describe glyphs.
Font editors are used to both design and create computer generated fonts. These are known as screenfonts. Screenfonts are not used for printing. Computer generated fonts tend to be proportional to one another, share a predetermined width and plotted distance from one another.
