Abstract:
PURPOSE: A device and method for providing a font, and a device and method for managing the font are provided to utilize a glyph extracted from a user input, thereby easily providing and managing the font for a text. CONSTITUTION: A device for providing a font includes a font generating part (100), a font loading part (200), and a font list providing part (300). The font generating part receives a user input for generating a user-defined font, and generates a font image through a user input-based image treatment. The font loading part loads a font list related to the font image from an external device. The font list providing part provides the font list and data in the font list. The font loading part includes a font packet generating part (210), a packet data transmitting/receiving part (220), and a true type font (TTF) receiving part (230). [Reference numerals] (100) Font generating part; (210) Font packet generating part; (220) Packet data transmitting/receiving part; (250,350) TIF font receiving part; (310) Font list management part; (330) Font list transmitting/receiving part; (AA) External device