font

font ¹  (fnt)

n.

1. A basin for holding baptismal water in a church.

2. A receptacle for holy water; a stoup.

3. The oil reservoir in an oil-burning lamp.

4. An abundant source; a fount: She was a font of wisdom and good sense.

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[Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin fns, font-, from Latin, fountain.]

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fontal (fntl) adj.

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font ²  (fnt)

n. Printing

A complete set of type of one size and face.

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[French fonte, casting, from Old French (from Vulgar Latin *fundita, from Late Latin, feminine of *funditus, past participle of Latin fundere, to pour forth; see fondant) or from Old French fondre, to melt (from Latin fundere).]

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font¹

n

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms)

a.  a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal

b.  a receptacle for holy water

2. the reservoir for oil in an oil lamp

3. Archaic or poetic a fountain or well

[Old English, from Church Latin fons, from Latin: fountain]

fontal  adj

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font²

n

(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing another name (esp US and Canadian) for fount²

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	font - a specific size and style of type within a type family fount, typeface, face, case type - printed characters; "small type is hard to read" type family - a complete set of type suitable for printing text unicameral script - a script with a single case bicameral script - a script having two distinct cases constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font, typewriter font - a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter) proportional font - any font whose different characters have different widths cartridge font, font cartridge - any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer black letter, Gothic - a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries bold, bold face, boldface - a typeface with thick heavy lines italic - a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right raster font, screen font - the font that is displayed on a computer screen; "when the screen font resembles a printed font a document may look approximately the same on the screen as it will when printed" Helvetica, sans serif - a typeface in which characters have no serifs
	2.	font - bowl for baptismal water             baptismal font, baptistery, baptistry basin - a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin"

Translations

font [fɒnt] N

1. (Typ) → fundición f (Comput) → fuente f, tipo m de letra

2. (in church) → pila f

font [ˈfɒnt] n

(RELIGION) (in church) → fonts mpl baptismaux

(TYPOGRAPHY) → police f de caractères

font

n

(Eccl) → Taufstein m

(Typ) → Schrift f

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font:

font size

n (Typ) → Schriftgrad m, → Schriftgröße f

font style

n (Typ) → Schriftschnitt m

font type

n (Typ) → Schriftart f

font [fɒnt] n

a. (in church) → fonte m battesimale

b. (Typ) → carattere m (di scrittura)