English > proportional font: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | Any font whose different characters have different widths. |
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| Narrower | modern, modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni font | A typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes |
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| old style, old style font | A typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes |
| roman, roman type, roman letters, roman print | A typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions |
| Broader | font, fount, typeface, face, case | A specific size and style of type within a type family |
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| Opposite | 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) |
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