Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
caractère
English translation:
font / character set
Added to glossary by
Victoria Britten
Oct 17, 2013 07:06
10 yrs ago
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French term
France
Tracking the right turn of phrase
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: French to English, English, French
caractère
French to English
Art/Literary
Printing & Publishing
fonts/typefaces
In the biography of a graphic designer: "Pour cet événement, il imagine et dirige la création du **caractère** wxyz...". This is in fact a whole alphabet of letters ("characters"?)
In the same context I have also come across a "famille de caractères" with the same name. This appears to be one of those areas where French and English usages overlap and don't fit tidily together, and I could really do with some specialist help.
Thanks!
In the same context I have also come across a "famille de caractères" with the same name. This appears to be one of those areas where French and English usages overlap and don't fit tidily together, and I could really do with some specialist help.
Thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +5 | font / character set |
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font / character set
I'm digging way back in my fallible memory here and can't recall my source. But "font" is what it says. "character set" might work as an alternative.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-10-17 09:45:03 GMT)
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Found it in a dictionary "Ensemble ou type de caractères d'imprimerie." Font seems fine.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-10-17 09:45:03 GMT)
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Found it in a dictionary "Ensemble ou type de caractères d'imprimerie." Font seems fine.
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B D Finch
: I think "font" fits the context.
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Thanks Barbara.
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Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
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Thanks Karen.
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Ambrose Li
: “Character set” and “font” are not interchangeable, and given that this is graphic design, “font” is far more likely. And as I mentioned in my comment, in a graphic design context “typeface” would technically be more correct than “font”.
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Thanks Ambrose. Yes, typography has it's own very specific terminology.
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philgoddard
: The answer is in the question header, "fonts and typefaces".
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Thanks Phil.
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Daniel Weston
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Thanks Daniel.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Great to have confirmation, thanks!"
Discussion
"Écriture , (Typographie character
caractère gras/maigre : heavy-/light-faced letter
caractères gras ( Typographie ) : bold type non comptable
en gros/petits caractères : in large/small characters
en caractères d'imprimerie : in print
les caractères de ce livre : the print in this book"
Without more to go on, perhaps simply "font"?