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font

[ font ]

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noun

a 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.

font

[ font ]

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noun

, Printing.

a complete assortment of type of one style and size.

font

/ fɒnt /

noun

printing a complete set of type of one style and size Also calledfount

font

/ fɒnt /

noun

1. a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
2. a receptacle for holy water
the reservoir for oil in an oil lamp
archaic.
a fountain or well

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Derived Forms

ˈfontal, adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of font¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English font, fant, from Latin font-, stem of fōns “baptismal font, spring, fountain”

Origin of font²

First recorded in 1570–80; from Middle French fonte, from Vulgar Latin funditus (unrecorded) “a pouring, molding, casting,” verbal noun from Latin fundere “to pour”; found ³

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Word History and Origins

Origin of font¹

C16: from Old French fonte a founding, casting, from Vulgar Latin funditus (unattested) a casting, from Latin fundere to melt; see found ³

Origin of font²

Old English, from Church Latin fons , from Latin: fountain

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Example Sentences

“Font, logo, edge finish, surface finish … everything is different from ours,” said Sung Hwang, the general manager.

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The entire 32-page report, presented mostly in tables and big font, is here in pdf.

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“Pretty big font; pretty big keg,” Gardner muttered, yielding his time after one final demand.

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The SarcMark solves that problem, and you can download it as a font for the reasonable price of $1.99 (£1.20).

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So I turned it into a poster and I added some kind of fake Russian font to make it look alien.

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Ces gens, croy-je, sont les plus grands harangueurs de toute la terre; ils ne font rien sans cela.

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An enormous lion lay stretched out at the font of the tree quite dead!

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It is too close a copy of the original, l. 25—'Contre moy font une accion.'

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Beside the font is a very quaint iron bracket-stand, painted blue and gold, "constructed to carry" two candles.

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So be it, said the King, & so Hallfrod was baptized and the King held him himself at the font.

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