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raster font

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun raster font has 1 sense
  1. screen font, raster font - the font that is displayed on a computer screen; "when the screen font resembles a printed font a document may look approximately the same on the screen as it will when printed"
    --1 is a kind of font, fount, typeface, face

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Raster Font

Definition: A raster font, also known as a bitmap font, is a digital font that is made up of a grid of pixels. Each character is defined by a fixed-size rectangle composed of pixels.

Senses/Usages:

  1. Computer Graphics: In computer graphics, a raster font refers to a type of font rendering technique where characters are displayed as a set of predetermined pixels. Raster fonts are commonly used in user interfaces, video games, and graphic design applications.
  2. Typography: In typography, a raster font is a font design that is specifically created to be displayed at a particular size and resolution. They are widely used in dot matrix printers and early computer screens.
  3. Local: In certain regions or communities, raster fonts may refer to locally-developed bitmap fonts that are specific to a particular language or writing system.

Sample Sentences:

  1. The retro-style video game uses a raster font to achieve the desired pixelated look.
  2. The dot matrix printer produced sharp text using a raster font.
  3. The indigenous community developed their own raster font to preserve their traditional writing system.

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