Template:Infobox typeface
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| Typeface name | {{{name}}} | Category | {{{style}}} |
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{{infobox typeface}} adds an Infobox to an article on a typeface.
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Usage
{{Infobox typeface
| name =
| familyname =
| image = [[Image:{{{name}}} specimen.svg|220px|{{{name}}}]]
| style =
| classifications =
| creator =
| commissioned_by =
| foundry =
| foundries =
| creationdate =
| releasedate =
| trademark =
| based_on =
| aka =
| variations =
| sample = Image:{{{name}}} sample.svg
| shown_here =
| sample_fullimage = Image:{{{name}}} full sample.svg
}}
Attributes
Required
- name
- Name of the typeface. If necessary, add stylistic variations (like "bold", "Italic", "Narrow", "Monospaced", etc.).
- style
- Style of the typeface: Serif, Sans-serif, Script, Blackletter, Display, Symbol
Optional
Not required, but recommended.
- familyname
- The name of the font's principal family. For instance, Arial Black is a part of the Arial family.
- classifications
- A more specific term for the style, such as "Modern", "Humanist" or "Geometric"
- image
- Image of name of the font, set in its own face. This is different than the sample attribute below. SVG file format is recommended.
- based_on
- Refers to the original design on which a revival, reinterpretation, homage or extension is based upon. This is not the same as a clone, for which the "aka" attribute should be used.
- aka
- Alternate (or imitation) names for other fonts based on this typeface. For instance, "Swiss 721" is Bitstream's name for its release of Helvetica.
- creationdate
- The year the font was created.
- releasedate
- The year the typeface was first released, if different than the creation date.
- creator
- Name of this font's designer(s), if known. Otherwise leave blank and fill in foundry name.
- commissioned_by
- Name of organization or individual who originally commissioned the typeface to be created.
- foundry
- The original distributor and license owners of the typeface.
- foundries
- The names of foundries that have re-issued the typeface in the same format or formats differeing from the original, ie. digital.
- trademark
- The owner of the font name, or the holder of the font's trademark.
- variations
- List of alternate foundry type designs based on the letterforms of this typeface. For instance, "Garamond", Adobe Garamond", and "ITC Garamond" are different designs, yet are all based on the same original typeface.
- sample
- A sample of the font, displaying a single large character ("g"), the "quick brown fox" pangram, and a set of characters (A–Z, a–z, 0-9, basic puncuation). SVG file format is recommended.
- shown here
- Names the version of the font pictured in the illustration.
- sample_fullimage
- A large sample image of the font, displaying its full character set (typically, the standard 256 glyphs of a TrueType font). SVG file format is recommended.
Examples
Normal syntax
| Image:GoudyOSPecimen.svg | |
| Typeface name | Goudy Old Style | Category | Serif |
|---|---|
| Classifications | Old Style |
| Designer(s) | Frederic W. Goudy |
| Foundry | American Type Founders |
| Date released | 1916 |
| Re-issuing foundries | Lanston Type Co. Bitstream Linotype |
{{Infobox typeface
| name = Goudy Old Style
| image = [[Image:GoudyOSPecimen.svg|250px|Goudy Old Style]]
| style = [[Serif]]
| classifications = Old Style
| releasedate = [[1916]]
| creator = [[Frederic W. Goudy]]
| foundry = [[American Type Founders]]
| foundries = [[Lanston Type Co.]]<br />[[Bitstream Inc.|Bitstream]]<br />[[Linotype]]
}}
Minimal syntax
| Typeface | Comic Sans | Category | Script |
|---|
{{Infobox font
| name = Comic Sans
| style = [[Script]]
}}
Optimal syntax
{{Infobox font
| name = Helvetica
| image = [[Image:Helvetica font.svg|220px|Helvetica]]
| style = [[Sans-serif]]
| aka = [[Swiss 721]]
| date = [[1957]]
| creator = [[Max Miedinger]]
| foundry = [[Haas Typefoundry|Haas’sche Schriftgießerei]]<br />[[Linotype]]
| variations = [[Helvetica Neue]]<br />[[Helvetica Rounded]]<br />[[Nimbus Sans]]
| sample = [[Image:Helvetica sample.svg|220px|Helvetica sample text]]
}}</nowiki>
