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No, a 'font' is a tool for the mechanical representation of text. First with wood/metal, then with later technologies. Hand drawn letters are in scripts or styl

• thaumasiotes 10y ago
  As used, a "font" is a particular inventory of letter forms, distinguishing, say, ℂ from C, when both of those represent a platonic capital letter 'c'. That is the sense in which modern English speakers are applying it to inventories of letter forms in medieval writing. Checking Merriam-Webster, I see that "font" is defined (in the relevant sense) like so: > an assortment or set of type or characters all of one style and sometimes one size It is being used here to refer to an assortment of characters all of one style, which seems like a good match for the modern definition. In contrast, "script" has the following senses: 1(a) something written: "text" (b) an original or principal instrument or document (c) (1) "manuscript" (2) the written text of a stage play, screenplay, or broadcast 2(a) a style of printed letters that resembles handwriting (b) written characters: "handwriting" (c) "alphabet" 3 a plan of action (quoted words are how I've represented references to other dictionary entries) The only sense referring to the style or appearance of characters in a "script" is explicitly restricted to printed text. Perhaps the linguistic term you were looking for is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_shift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_shift ?