Definition for Font Family

Must know software terms | Noun

the type of family where a Comic Sans of humor is frowned upon. A font family is a collection of fonts which have a common design, but differ in terms of weight (light, normal, bold etc.) or slant (roman, italic). Overall, there are five basic families of fonts: serif, sans serif, cursive, fantasy and monospace. For example, Times New Roman is a serif font family, consisting of four variations such as Times New Roman, Times New Roman Bold, Times New Roman Italic, Times New Roman Bold Italic.

 

“Why is this font so ugly?”

“It runs in the font family.”