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cartridge font

cartridge font

6.7
A set of letters stored on a small cartridge you put into a printer to print in a new style
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : cartucho de fuente
  • Upgrading your cartridge font lets you print in new styles without changing the software.

Examples

  • The old printer only supports a few cartridge fonts for special documents.

  • She ordered a new cartridge font to expand her design options.

  • I bought a new cartridge font for my printer.

  • These cartridge fonts offer a variety of styles.

  • She ordered a new cartridge font to expand her design options.

  • I bought a new cartridge font for my printer.

  • Upgrading your cartridge font lets you print in new styles without changing the software.

Synonyms

font
vscartridge font
  • Specialized
94 2.8

A design for letters and numbers used in printing or on screens

is that design when packaged inside a removable hardware insert
typeface
vscartridge font
  • Specialized
10 4.1

A design for the letters and numbers used in print and on screens

is the same design when provided via a removable physical insert
font cartridge
vscartridge font
  • Archaic
7.9

A small removable part for a printer that adds new text styles

is the type stored inside that removable module

Surface Forms

cartridge font singular
cartridge fonts plural

Morphology

cartridge + font

The meaning 'a font stored in a cartridge that can be inserted into a printer' is directly and compositionally derived from 'cartridge' (a removable module) modifying 'font' (a typeface); a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a font provided via a cartridge. This follows a standard English noun–noun compound pattern and is transparent despite being somewhat domain-specific.

Etymology

Cartridge font comes from older printers. A small cartridge was put into the printer to give it a new font, a new style of letters, so the phrase means a font stored in a cartridge that you insert to get that style.