English > font: 2 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A specific size and style of type within a type family. |
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| Synonyms | fount, typeface, face, case |
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| Member of | type family | A complete set of type suitable for printing text |
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| Narrower | Gothic, black letter | A heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries |
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| bicameral script | A script having two distinct cases |
| boldface, bold face, bold | A typeface with thick heavy lines |
| font cartridge, cartridge font | Any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer / printer |
| italic | A typeface with letters slanting upward to the right |
| proportional font | Any font whose different characters have different widths |
| sans serif, Helvetica | A typeface in which characters have no serifs |
| screen font, raster font | The font that is displayed on a computer screen |
| typewriter font, constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font | A typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter) |
| unicameral script | A script with a single case |
| Broader | type | Printed characters |
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| Spanish | font, fuente, tipo de letra, tipografía |
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| Catalan | font, tipografia, tipus de lletra |
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