Font

Quick meaning: Font is a noun meaning (Christianity) A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.

Meaning

(Christianity) A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.

More Meanings

1. A receptacle for lamp oil in a lamp.
2. (originally computing, typography, informal) A typeface.
3. (informal) The design of any text.
4. (transitive, television, informal) To overlay (text) on the picture.
5. (figuratively) A source, wellspring, fount.
6. (computing, typography, metonymic) A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer.
7. (typography) A set of glyphs of unified design, belonging to one typeface (e.g., Helvetica), style (e.g., italic), and weight (e.g., bold). Usually representing the letters of an alphabet and its supplementary characters.

Example Sentences

I like the font of this logo.

She dipped her fingers in the font and crossed herself.

They bought a license for the Gulliver font and installed that font on several machines.

When figures or quotes are thought helpful to understanding a spot, they're "fonted" over the cover picture.

Word Forms

• fonts
• fonting
• fonted

Synonyms for font

Depending on context, synonyms include stoup, lettering, face, fount, typeface, baptistry.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include baptistry, baptistery, typeface, fount, face, scripture.

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