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TYPE FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does type family mean?
• TYPE FAMILY (noun)
The noun TYPE FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. a complete set of type suitable for printing text
Familiarity information: TYPE FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A complete set of type suitable for printing text
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("type family" is a kind of...):
type (printed characters)
Meronyms (members of "type family"):
case; face; font; fount; typeface (a specific size and style of type within a type family)
Context examples
A specific size and style of type within a type family.
(Font, NCI Thesaurus)
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