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proportional font

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Noun1.proportional font - any font whose different characters have different widths
font, fount, typeface, face, case - a specific size and style of type within a type family
Bodoni font, modern font, Bodoni, modern - a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
old style, old style font - a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
roman letters, roman print, roman type, roman - a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font, typewriter font - a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter)


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