type-face
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of typeface.
Example Sentences
- "In a very short time, science-fiction films have developed their own jargon that’s now become a part of the grammar of film. You know the sort of stuff I mean — the shots of blinking instrument panels, of wildly bleeping computers, of cryptic messages clattering in square type-faces across television screens."
- "At very least, it was Soviet policy to direct its overseas propaganda and disinformation effort, and the funds, in the ways indicated above (I collected piles of this literature finding that much of it, to judge by type-faces and recurring, tell-tale misspellings, had been run off on the same presses, whether in New York or London)."
- "The new paper, with subdued type-faces and a rather low-pressure approach, is in contrast to the very aggressive afternoon tabloids, Expressen, which has Scandinavia’s biggest circulation, and Aftonbladet, a left-wing newspaper that has lost considerably in terms of market position over the years."
- "But the heave sideways, into a kindlier market niche, will need a constant programme of rolling change - in pagination and type-faces, amongst other things."