If you are looking for the Suitcase FAQs, please click here . A font, as far as a computer is concerned, is the file or files necessary to display and print a particular typeface. Helvetica, for example, is a typeface, and Courier is another. They are also referred to as fonts. Helvetica Bold is a different font than Helvetica, but in the same family.
Font families are collections of fonts which look similar but have slightly different attributes.
Helvetica Regular and Helvetica Bold are two different fonts, but in the same family. A bitmapped font is also referred to as a screen font. They are files which contain pixel information your computer uses to display the font on the screen. Bitmapped font files are for a particular point size. If you have bitmapped fonts for Helvetica at 12 point and 14 point, Helvetica at 13 point will look slightly pixelated on the screen.