English Explanatory Dictionary

font

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
  2. A receptacle for lamp oil in a lamp.
noun
  1. 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.
  2. In metal typesetting, a set of type sorts in one size.
  3. In phototypesetting, a set of patterns forming glyphs of any size, or the film they are stored on.
  4. In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.
  5. A typeface.
  6. 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. The design of any text.
verb
  1. To overlay (text) on the picture.
noun
  1. A source, wellspring, fount.
name
  1. # Clipping of Fontainebleau: a town near Paris, in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
name
  1. A surname

Pronunciation

/fɒnt/ /fɑnt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-font.wav

Word forms

font fonts fount fonting fonted

Etymology

From Old English font, an early borrowing from Latin fōns, fontis (“fountain”).

Synonyms

stoup lettering

Related words

aspergillum holy-water sprinkle Fonte Fontes Fontez

Derived words

fontal fontlet fontless font name bitmap font clip font color font Fontcest font family fontography fontology font stack font suitcase multifont outline font pi font printer font roman font screen font soundfont subfont Unicode font variable font webfont font of all wisdom
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