fatface

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noun

Someone with a fat face.

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Meanings

nounfatface (plural fatfaces)

plural fatfaces

  1. derogatorySomeone with a fat face.
  2. mediaA very bold typeface.
    1 more example

    SEVENTY years ago fat-face types were in fashion. It was believed that the legibility of a new style could be largely augmented by giving to it greater blackness of face. With this end in view, the designer of the fat-face made the body of each character from one-fourth to one-half wider than that of the ordinary text-letter.

    1901, De Vinne, et al., The Practice of Typography […]

Origin

From fat + face.

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APA

fatface. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatface

MLA

“fatface.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatface. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fatface,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatface.

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