Characteristics of a Font

The Name of a Font
As seen in the list of Fonts above, there are various fonts and they have various differences. Before using a font, you should be familiar with its characteristics. The fundamental property of a font is its name and each font has one. In the Fonts list, you can first recognize a font by its name. Examples are Times New Roman, Arial, or Webdings.
The application you use provides a tool to see the list of fonts before using it. In WordPad, you can see the list of fonts from the Fonts combo box from the Formatting toolbar:
Alternatively, on the main menu of WordPad, you can click Format -> Font. This would open the Font dialog box:

Whether using the Font combo box of the Formatting toolbar or the Font dialog, you can easily select a font based on its name.