Typographer’s Glossary

Typeface: FF Clifford

Here’s a glossary of common type terminology, which along with the FAQs may answer many font related questions. If the information you need isn’t here, call us.

ML (Multiple Language)

(appended to a font or volume name) Language support; includes all necessary accents and characters for additional languages (refer to the information provided by the foundry).

Monospaced

A font in which every character has the same width, and no kerning pairs. This allows for neatly setting columns of text and tables, for example in programming code, accounting, etc.