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webfont en · NOUN

Etymology

From Web + font.

Meanings

1. (Internet) A font designed for or used on the Internet.
   • 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:
   • 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:

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