letter on paper. Now there are various machines that produce
di erently shaped letters, which are said to be in typefaces Typefaces (fonts) do not a ect words in anyway they do not cause any variation in their use or the grammatical
rules that govern them. But careful writers will observe
the same principles of parallelism,consistency, and restraint that they apply to other aspects of writing when they have the opportunity to use typefaces in documents. (The emphatic and de ning force of typefaces and variations among them is lost if too many faces appear in one document, if incompatible faces are put together on the same page just because they are available to use and not
because they have a purpose, or if bad choices are made among possible faces.
If you can use many typefaces, be careful not to abuse that freedom and leave your reader’s eyes weary. See also
italics, bold type, and
emphasis.
