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blackboard bold

blackboard bold noun: a typeface used for representing bold characters, mainly used in mathematical texts, that allows these characters to be easily distinguished from non-bold characters when written by hand.

Noun

blackboard bold (uncountable)

  1. A typeface used for representing bold characters, mainly used in mathematical texts, that allows these characters to be easily distinguished from non-bold characters when written by hand.

Questions about blackboard bold

What does blackboard bold mean?
Blackboard bold means a typeface used for representing bold characters, mainly used in mathematical texts, that allows these characters to be easily distinguished from non-bold characters when written by hand.
What part of speech is blackboard bold?
Blackboard bold is a noun.

Words near blackboard bold in the dictionary

  1. blackbirders
  2. blackbirding
  3. blackbirdlike
  4. blackbirds
  5. blackboard
  6. blackboard bold
  7. blackboard jungle
  8. blackboard jungles
  9. blackboarded
  10. blackboarding
  11. blackboards

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