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Font vs Handwrite - What's the difference?

font | handwrite |

As verbs the difference between font and handwrite

is that font is while handwrite is to write something manually, normally used to emphasise that it is not being typed.

font

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) font, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A receptacle in a church for holy water - especially one used in baptism
  • A receptacle for oil in a lamp.
  • (figuratively) spring, source, fountain
  • * 1919 , :
    • The Bible lays special stress on the fear of God as the font of wisdom.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) fonte, feminine past participle of verb .

    Alternative forms

    * fount (UK)

    Noun

    (wikipedia font) (en noun)
  • (typography) A set of glyphs of unified design, belonging to one typeface (e.g., Helvetica), style (e.g., italic), and weight (e.g., bold). Usually representing the letters of an alphabet and its supplementary characters.
  • # In metal typesetting, a set of type sorts in one size.
  • # In phototypesetting, a set of patterns forming glyphs of any size, or the film they are stored on.
  • # In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.
  • (computing) A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer. A font file.
    • Derived terms
    * font family * multilingual font * Unicode font * bitmap font * screen font * outline font * printer font * font suitcase * roman font

    References

    * * Bringhurst, Robert (2002). The Elements of Typographic Style, version 2.5 , pp 291–2. Vancouver, Hartley & Marks. ISBN 0-88179-133-4.

    Etymology 3

    Apparently from (fount), with influence from the senses above (under etymology 1).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (figuratively) A source, wellspring, fount.
  • * 1824 — , canto V
    • A gaudy taste; for they are little skill'd in
    The arts of which these lands were once the font
  • * 1910 — , part II
    • As I am not drawing here on the font of imagination to refresh that of fact and experience, I do not suggest that the Tarot set the example of expressing Secret Doctrine in pictures and that it was followed by Hermetic writers; but it is noticeable that it is perhaps the earliest example of this art.
  • * 1915 —
    • I am interested to fix your attention on this prospect now because unless you take it within your view and permit the full significance of it to command your thought I cannot find the right light in which to set forth the particular matter that lies at the very font of my whole thought as I address you to-day.

    handwrite

    English

    Verb

  • To write something manually, normally used to emphasise that it is not being typed.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 28, author=Billie Cohen, title=Searching for a Caretaker, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Whoever you get, whether its the neighbor down the street or somebody you dont know, type or even handwrite exactly what the duties and responsibilities are and have both parties sign it, Mr. Dunn said. }}
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 30, author=Felicia R. Lee, title=Harry Potter Prequel for Charity, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing , Tom Stoppard , Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby , The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series. }}

    Synonyms

    *write *scribe