A '''font''' is a mapping from [character]s to [glyph]s.  Your handwriting style could well be considered to be a (very, very complex) font, though the term is more generally used for cases where the mapping is more clearly defined, such as in printing or displaying text on a computer screen.

There are vast numbers of fonts available for computers, but it is probably a good idea not to use very many at once.


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See also:
   * [font]
   * [A little font chooser]
   * [A small font chooser]
   * [Changing all fonts in an application]
   * [Font families workaround]
   * [Font problems]
   * [font scaling]
   * [font settings]
   * [Give Unix a Windows look and feel]
   * [How does one change the font in the wish widgets]
   * [Korean font encoding for Tcl 8.1]
   * [Making Tk apps look native]
   * [Practical Guide to Choosing Fonts]

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[Category Concept] | [Characters, glyphs, code-points, and byte-sequences]