Confronts following kind of lettering designs (9)
I believe the answer is:
typefaces
'lettering designs' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'confronts following kind' is the wordplay.
'confronts' becomes 'faces' ('face' can be a synonym of 'confront').
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'kind' becomes 'type' (type is a kind of kind).
'faces' after 'type' is 'TYPEFACES'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for typefaces that I've seen is " Baskerville and the like".)