font cartridge
- noun
- /fɒnt ˈkɑːrtɪdʒ/
- Archaic
:
cartucho de fuente
- He installed a new font cartridge to get additional fonts for his reports.
Examples
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Early printers often came with only one style, unless you bought a font cartridge to expand the options.
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The old laser printer requires a font cartridge to print special typefaces.
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The printer requires a new font cartridge.
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Have you bought a replacement font cartridge yet?
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To create unique designs, she purchased a font cartridge that included a variety of typefaces.
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The office printer can be upgraded with a font cartridge to include more styles for documents.
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After replacing the font cartridge, the printer was able to produce a wider selection of fonts.
Synonyms
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A small replaceable container you put into a machine to hold ink, tape, or data
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'font' (a typeface) + 'cartridge' (a removable module/container). A B1 learner who knows both words can infer it is a removable module that supplies or holds fonts for a printer, since this noun–noun compounding is a regular, cross-linguistically common composition pattern.
Etymology
Font cartridge The name font cartridge comes from early printers where a small removable cartridge held extra fonts or letter styles and plugged into the machine. That's why it means a removable part you add to a printer to get new 'fonts'.