Definition of font Font
/fɑˈnt/ - [fant] - font
We found 21 definitions of font from 7 different sources.
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What does font mean?
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NounPlural: fonts |
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| font - a specific size and style of type within a type family | ||
| fount, typeface, face, case | ||
| type a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper; "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up" | ||
| 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 style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches | ||
| bold, bold face, boldface a typeface with thick heavy lines | ||
| italic a style of handwriting with the letters slanting 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" | ||
| font - bowl for baptismal water | ||
| baptismal font, baptistry, baptistery | ||
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Wiktionary 
- font (Noun)
A receptacle in a church for holy water - especially one used in baptism. - font (Noun)
A receptacle for oil in a lamp. - font (Noun)
spring, source, fountain. - font (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. - font (Noun)
In metal typesetting, a set of type sorts in one size. - font (Noun)
In phototypesetting, a set of patterns forming glyphs of any size, or the film they are stored on. - font (Noun)
In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing system s, or the computer code representing it. - font (Noun)
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. A font file . - font (Noun)
A source, wellspring, fount.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- font (n.)
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 (n.)
A fountain; a spring; a source. - font (n.)
A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A grouping of consistently-designed glyphs, having the same size, and style. -
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An ornamental water feature consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure. -
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A basin for holy water.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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font, n. the vessels used in churches as the repository of the baptismal water, usually a basin or cup hollowed out of a solid block of marble, &c.—adj. Font′al, pertaining to a font or origin.—ns. Font′let, a little font; Font′-stone, a baptismal font of stone. [L. font-em, fons, a fountain.] -
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font, Fount, fownt, n. a complete assortment of types of one sort, with all that is necessary for printing in that kind of letter. [Fr. fonte—fondre—L. fundĕre, to cast.]
Wikipedia 
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In typography, a font or fount is usually defined as a set of all the characters of a single size of a typeface. For example, all characters for 9 point Bulmer is a font, and the 10 point size would be another font.
With the increase in the use of personal computers, definition has changed. The term font is now often used as another name for a typeface. The size of the characters has no effect on fonts when using this definition.
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🔤- font, noun, singular of fonts.
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