webfont

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noun

A font designed for or used on the Internet.

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Meanings

nounwebfont (plural webfonts)

plural webfonts

  1. InternetcomputingA font designed for or used on the Internet.

    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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    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

Origin

From Web + font.

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Cite this entry
APA

webfont. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/webfont

MLA

“webfont.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/webfont. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “webfont,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/webfont.

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