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webfont

webfont noun: a font designed for or used on the Internet.

Noun

webfont (plural webfonts)

  1. (Internet) A font designed for or used on the Internet.
    • The second approach is to use fonts that were designed for computer use like TTF and include them in the game as a webfont.2017, Travis Faas, An Introduction to HTML5 Game Development with Phaser.js, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 237
    • A webfont is a font that's not pre-installed on the user's computer when browsing a website, but instead the webfont reference is coded in the backend and is downloaded when the user opens the website in a browser.2017, Marli Ritter, Cara Winterbottom, UX for the Web, Packt Publishing, →ISBN, page 31

Forms of webfont

pluralwebfonts

Origin of webfont

From Web + font.

Questions about webfont

What does webfont mean?
Webfont means a font designed for or used on the Internet.
What part of speech is webfont?
Webfont is a noun.
What is the plural of webfont?
The plural of webfont is webfonts.

Words near webfont in the dictionary

  1. webfeeds
  2. webfeet
  3. webfirst
  4. webfolio
  5. webfolios
  6. webfont
  7. webfonts
  8. webfoot
  9. webfooted
  10. webfootedness
  11. webfooter

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