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nouna receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism. a receptacle for holy water; stoup. a productive source: The book is a font of useful tips for travelers. the reservoir for oil in a lamp. Archaic. a fountain. Origin of font1before 1000; Middle English; Old English font, fant<Latin font- (stem of fōns) baptismal font, spring, fountain Words nearby fontFONE, Fong, Fongafale, Fonseca, fons et origo, font, Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau School, fontal, Fontana, Fontane Definition for font (2 of 2)[ font ] / fɒnt /
noun Printing.a complete assortment of type of one style and size. Origin of font21570–80; <Middle French fonte<Vulgar Latin *funditus a pouring, molding, casting, verbal noun from Latin fundere to pour. See found3 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for font“Font, logo, edge finish, surface finish … everything is different from ours,” said Sung Hwang, the general manager. Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’|The Center for Investigative Reporting|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST The SarcMark solves that problem, and you can download it as a font for the reasonable price of $1.99 (£1.20). The Rise and Fall of the Infamous SarcMark|Keith Houston|September 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST So I turned it into a poster and I added some kind of fake Russian font to make it look alien. The Pixies Talk About Their Reunion, New Music and a Missing Band Member|Andrew Romano|September 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST Avant Garde became the font du jour and Helvetica continued its ride to the top. Eight Best Bits of John Taylor’s Duran Duran Tell-All|Tom Sykes|October 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In the creative fields, from fashion to food to finance to font design, imitation co-exists with innovation. In ‘The Knockoff Economy,’ The Upside to Ripping Off Others’ Ideas|Kal Raustiala, Christopher Sprigman|September 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST The introduction of surnames at the font permitted private predilections full play. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature|Charles W. Bardsley Gothic letter, Caxton's fourth font, forty lines to the page, with headline. Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University|Anonymous The prince earnestly desiring baptism, Chad baptized him, Wulfade holding him at the font, after the manner taught by holy Church. The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): March|Sabine Baring-Gould The first chapel is the Baptistery, containing the font and a modern statue of the boy Baptist. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3|Various The last of these bronze Virtues, by Goro di Neroccio, was not placed on the font till 1431. Donatello|David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
British Dictionary definitions for font (1 of 2)
noun- a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
- a receptacle for holy water
the reservoir for oil in an oil lamp archaic, or poetic a fountain or well Derived forms of fontfontal, adjectiveWord Origin for fontOld English, from Church Latin fons, from Latin: fountain British Dictionary definitions for font (2 of 2)
nounprinting a complete set of type of one style and sizeAlso called: fount Word Origin for fontC16: from Old French fonte a founding, casting, from Vulgar Latin funditus (unattested) a casting, from Latin fundere to melt; see found ³ Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fontfount, typeface, origin, genesis, seed, fountain, root, wellspring, face |