Fixed and Proportional Fonts

With fixed fonts, each character of the typeface has the same width. An itakes up as much horizontal space on a line as a “w”. Also called monospacedfonts. Documents produced with old typewriters have a fixed pitch.

Proportional fonts allow the characters of the typeface to have a different width. A “w” will take up more horizontal space on a line than an i. Virtually all fonts you find in newspapers, magazines and books are proportional.