ALL meanings of font
font
F f - noun Technical meaning of font (text) A set of glyphs (images) representing the characters from some particular character set in a particular size and typeface. The image of each character may be encoded either as a bitmap (in a bitmap font) or by a higher-level description in terms of lines and areas (an outline font). There are several different computer representations for fonts, the most widely known are Adobe Systems, Inc.'s PostScript font definitions and Apple's TrueType. Window systems can display different fonts on the screen and print them. 1
- noun font A receptacle in a church for the water used in baptism, typically a freestanding stone structure. 1
- noun font holy water receptacle 1
- noun font rich source 1
- noun font computing: typeface 1
- noun font typography 1
- noun font holder for lamp oil 1
- noun font a complete assortment of type of one style and size. 1
- countable noun font In printing, a font is a set of characters of the same style and size. 0
- countable noun font In a church, a font is a bowl which holds the water used for baptisms. 0
- noun font a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal 0
- noun font a receptacle for holy water 0
- noun font the reservoir for oil in an oil lamp 0
- noun font a fountain or well 0
- noun font a complete set of type of one style and size 0
- noun font a large basin, now typically supported by a pedestal, for holding water to be used in baptizing 0
- noun font an open container, as at a church entrance, for holding holy water 0
- noun font a fountain or spring 0
- noun font a source or origin 0
- noun font a complete assortment of type in one size and style 0