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font

Definition of font

[1] In movable type, it is the set of characters that complete the case.

[2] Name given to the film containing the glyphs of a typeface with one or more cuts, used in phototypesetting machines.

[3] Name given to the digital file containing the glyphs of one or more cuts of a font.


Synonyms of font


Related topics to font

typeface

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