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outline font

out·line font
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [out-lahyn font]
    • /ˈaʊtˌlaɪn fɒnt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [out-lahyn font]
    • /ˈaʊtˌlaɪn fɒnt/

Definitions of outline font words

  • noun Technical meaning of outline font (text)   (Or "vector font") A font defined as a set of lines and curves as opposed to a bitmap font. An outline font (e.g. PostScript, TrueType, RISC OS) can be scaled to any size and otherwise transformed more easily than a bitmap font, and with more attractive results, though this requires a lot of numerical processing. The result of transforming a character in an outline font in a particular way is often saved as a bitmap in a font cache to avoid repeating the calculations if that character is to be drawn again. 1
  • noun outline font a font format that makes use of fillable geometric outlines of letters and symbols, allowing fonts to be scaled up or down while still retaining their intended shape 0
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Parts of speech for Outline font

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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outline font popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
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