"webfont" meaning in All languages combined

See webfont on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: webfonts [plural]
Etymology: From Web + font. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Web|font}} Web + font Head templates: {{en-noun}} webfont (plural webfonts)
  1. (computing, Internet) A font designed for or used on the Internet. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Computing, Internet

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2017, Travis Faas, An Introduction to HTML5 Game Development with Phaser.js, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 237:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Marli Ritter, Cara Winterbottom, UX for the Web, Packt Publishing, →ISBN, page 31:",
          "text": "A webfont is a font that's not pre-installed on the user's computer when browsing a website, but instead the webfont reference is coded in the backend and is downloaded when the user opens the website in a browser.",
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