font 1 (f nt)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. [Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin f  ns, font-, from Latin, fountain.]font  al (fntl) adj. |
| font 2 (fnt) n. Printing A complete set of type of one size and face. [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).] |
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
font2
n
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing another name (esp US and Canadian) for fount2
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  font - a specific size and style of type within a type familytype - 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 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 basin - a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin" |
Translations
font
font:
n
(Eccl) → Taufstein m
(Typ) → Schrift f
font:
font size
n (Typ) → Schriftgrad m, → Schriftgröße f
font style
n (Typ) → Schriftschnitt m
font type
n (Typ) → Schriftart f
font [fɒnt] n
font [fɒnt] n
a. (in church) → fonte m battesimale
b. (Typ) → carattere m (di scrittura)
font [fɒnt] n
a. (in church) → fonte m battesimale
b. (Typ) → carattere m (di scrittura)
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