kirjasin — meaning in English

English meaning

• font noun A set of letters and characters sharing one consistent design, style, and weight, used in printing or on a screen.
• sort noun A particular type or kind of something.
• type noun A category or class of things that share particular features.

Senses

kirjasin is used for these senses in English:

• font In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.
• font (computing, typography, metonymically) A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer.
• sort (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
• type (printing, countable) A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.

font — full definition

1. noun A set of letters and characters sharing one consistent design, style, and weight, used in printing or on a screen.
2. noun A basin in a church that holds water used for baptism.
3. noun A source or origin of something, especially knowledge (literary).

sort — full definition

1. noun A particular type or kind of something.
2. verb To arrange items into groups or a particular order, based on some shared quality.
3. verb Informal: to fix a problem or deal with a task.

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