Illustration: In a small letterpress workshop, a printer draws two shallow trays of metal type toward an apprentice. Each tray contains an orderly, internally consistent set of blocks, and the printer holds one sample from each at the same height for close comparison.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

字じ体たい

jitai

typeface, lettering style

書体 is more usual for a font style. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. フキダシの形かたちや文字もじの字体じたいにより語調ごちょうを表あらわす。

    The tone of the words is expressed by the shape of speech balloon and character style.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 筆ふでの運はこびはおおらかで力強ちからづよく、字体じたいは丸まるみを帯おびた楷書体かいしょたいである。

    The brushstrokes are spontaneous and powerful, and the character style is a rounded printed style.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 整ととのった字体じたいや文章ぶんしょうで誤字ごじや訂正ていせいも少すくない。

    The characters are neatly formed and the writing is well composed, with few errors or corrections.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 字体

  • 字character; letterOnジKunあざ・あざな
  • 体body; substanceOnタイ・テイKunからだ・かたち

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