Font vs Handwriting - What's the difference?
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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 , :
(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.
(figuratively) A source, wellspring, fount.
* 1824 — , canto V
* 1910 — , part II
* 1915 —
The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
The characteristic writing of a particular person.
* {{quote-book, year=1895, author=F. Marion Crawford, title=Taquisara, chapter=, edition=
, passage=It was still early in the morning when Elettra brought her a letter, bearing the postmark of the city, and addressed in one of those small, clear handwritings which seem naturally to belong to scholars and students. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1893, author=Joseph B. Lightfoot, title=Essays on "Supernatural Religion", chapter=, edition=
, passage=In some handwritings of the seventh or eighth century, where the letters have a round form, the substitution of OT for EG would be far from difficult. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1914, author=P. S. Allen, title=The Age of Erasmus, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Great libraries are only just beginning to gather up the manuscript minutiae which their books contain; to identify handwritings ; to decipher monograms; to collect facts. }}
Text that was written by hand.
As verbs the difference between font and handwriting
is that font is while handwriting is .As a noun handwriting is
the act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.font
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) font, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- 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)Derived terms
* font family * multilingual font * Unicode font * bitmap font * screen font * outline font * printer font * font suitcase * roman fontReferences
* * 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)- A gaudy taste; for they are little skill'd in
The arts of which these lands were once the font
- 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.
- 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.
handwriting
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