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base font

base font

[′bās ‚fänt]
(computer science)
The font used in a document if none other is specified.
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base font

The default font used for printing if none other is specified.
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Les criteres de base font ressortir la capacite des hommes a faire don de leur sang en moyenne 4 fois par an.
For example, when using a Roman font, switching to an italic type for emphasis has roughly the same readability as the base font. However, switching to a bold type tends to lose half the readership.
The font-size tool changes the base font of the browser session, thereby reducing or enlarging all text on the Web page.
However, there are times when space limitations may dictate a different base font. We recently had to prepare a comprehensive review of the chemical and clinical data in some 200 volumes.
I just told it that my printer was a Laserjet series II, that my page was 11 x 8.5 inches rather than the other way and selected my base font. After a few seconds of hard-disk activity, it printed the page in landscape mode.
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