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font

Noun

∙ A receptacle in a church for holy water - especially one used in baptism
∙ A receptacle for oil in a lamp.
∙ spring, source, fountain figuratively

Noun

∙ 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. typography
- ∙ In metal typesetting, a set of type sorts in one size.
- ∙ In phototypesetting, a set of patterns forming glyphs of any size, or the film they are stored on.
- ∙ 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.
∙ 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. computing

Noun

∙ A source, wellspring, fount. figuratively

BABYLON ENGLISH
font n.
typeface, type style (Computers); complete set of type (Printing); basin in which baptismal water is kept; spring, fountain (Archaic)

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
font
font
\font\ (?), n. [f. fonte, fr. fondre to melt or cast. see found to cast, and cf. fount a font.] (print.) a complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount.
font
\font\, n. [as. font, fant, fr. l. fons, fontis, spring, fountain; cf. of. font, funt, f. fonts, fonts baptismaux, pl. see fount.]
1. a fountain; a spring; a source. bathing forever in the font of bliss.
2. a basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing. that name was given me at the font.
font
n
1. a specific size and style of type within a type family [syn: fount, typeface, face]

2. bowl for baptismal water [syn: baptismal font, baptistry, baptistery]

similar words(11)

monospaced font
outline font
baptismal font
raster font
typewriter font
bitmap font
proportional font
screen font
constant-width font
modern font
vector font

WORDNET 2.0
font
Noun
1. a specific size and style of type within a type family
(synonym) fount, typeface, face
(hypernym) type
(hyponym) typewriter font, constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font
(member-holonym) type family
2. bowl for baptismal water
(synonym) baptismal font, baptistry, baptistery
(hypernym) basin

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Font
In metal typesetting, a font is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. Each font was a matched set of type, one piece (called a "sort") for each glyph, and a typeface consisting of a range of fonts that shared an overall design.
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

font

Noun

∙ A receptacle in a church for holy water - especially one used in baptism
∙ A receptacle for oil in a lamp.
∙ spring, source, fountain figuratively

Noun

∙ 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. typography
- ∙ In metal typesetting, a set of type sorts in one size.
- ∙ In phototypesetting, a set of patterns forming glyphs of any size, or the film they are stored on.
- ∙ 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.
∙ 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. computing

Noun

∙ A source, wellspring, fount. figuratively

BABYLON ENGLISH
font n.
typeface, type style (Computers); complete set of type (Printing); basin in which baptismal water is kept; spring, fountain (Archaic)

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
font
font
\font\ (?), n. [f. fonte, fr. fondre to melt or cast. see found to cast, and cf. fount a font.] (print.) a complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount.
font
\font\, n. [as. font, fant, fr. l. fons, fontis, spring, fountain; cf. of. font, funt, f. fonts, fonts baptismaux, pl. see fount.]
1. a fountain; a spring; a source. bathing forever in the font of bliss.
2. a basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing. that name was given me at the font.
font
n
1. a specific size and style of type within a type family [syn: fount, typeface, face]

2. bowl for baptismal water [syn: baptismal font, baptistry, baptistery]

similar words(11)

monospaced font
outline font
baptismal font
raster font
typewriter font
bitmap font
proportional font
screen font
constant-width font
modern font
vector font

WORDNET 2.0
font
Noun
1. a specific size and style of type within a type family
(synonym) fount, typeface, face
(hypernym) type
(hyponym) typewriter font, constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font
(member-holonym) type family
2. bowl for baptismal water
(synonym) baptismal font, baptistry, baptistery
(hypernym) basin

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Font
In metal typesetting, a font is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. Each font was a matched set of type, one piece (called a "sort") for each glyph, and a typeface consisting of a range of fonts that shared an overall design.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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