Contrast with kanji, Greek and Cyrillic. The midline is the horizontal stroke of letters such as 'A' and 'H,' or the middle horizontal stroke of the 'E.' Modern Modern typefaces lose the strict geometric design that characterizes Old Style fonts, resulting in less varied widths. Monospaced A font whose letters all have identical width, such as Courier, is a monospaced font. Oblique Slanting or sloping. An oblique font is one which is slanted to the right.
Italic fonts are generally both oblique and more calligraphic than upright or Roman fonts.
The industry-standard font classification and matching technology. Proportional A font whose letters have varying widths, such as Times Roman, is a proportional font. Sans Serif A sans serif font is a font, such as Helvetica, which contains no serifs. Script Script fonts look like cursive handwriting, such as Zapf Chancery, Coronet, etc. Serif A serif is a fine line or other small decorative flourish positioned on the ends of the main strokes of the letters, as in Times Roman.