From Old English font, an early borrowing from Latin fōns, fontis (“fountain”).
Meanings
A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
She dipped her fingers in the font and crossed herself.
Blessed be God, that, at the font, / My sponsors bound me to the call / Of Christ in England to confront / The world, the flesh, the fiend and all. 1791, Christopher Smart, “Moderation”, in Hymns for the Amusement of Children:
In the Apostolic Age, as in Jewish times (John, iii, 23), baptism was administered without special fonts, at the seaside or in streams or pools of water (Acts, viii, 38); […] 1913, John Bertram Peterson, “Baptismal Font”, in Catholic Encyclopedia, volume 2:
vi chậu nước thánh (a receptacle in church for holy water) · vi bầu dầu (a receptacle for oil in a lamp) · pt fonte (a receptacle in church for holy water) · es pila (a receptacle in church for holy water) · nrf bâptistéthe (a receptacle in church for holy water) · fi funtti (a receptacle in church for holy water) · sv dopfunt (a receptacle in church for holy water) · it acquasantiera (a receptacle in church for holy water) · pl chrzcielnica (a receptacle in church for holy water) · nrf font d'bâptême (a receptacle in church for holy water) · pt pia (a receptacle in church for holy water) · de Ölreservoir (a receptacle for oil in a lamp) · mk купел (a receptacle in church for holy water) · pl zbiornik (a receptacle for oil in a lamp) · fi öljypesä (a receptacle for oil in a lamp) · vi bình đựng nước thánh (a receptacle in church for holy water) · el κολυμβήθρα (a receptacle in church for holy water) · it pila (a receptacle in church for holy water) · fi vihkivesimalja (a receptacle in church for holy water) · it fonte (a receptacle in church for holy water) · oc las santas fonts (a receptacle in church for holy water) · da døbefont (a receptacle in church for holy water) · bg купел (a receptacle in church for holy water) · it serbatoio (a receptacle for oil in a lamp) · nl doopvont (a receptacle in church for holy water) · da font (a receptacle in church for holy water) · sv reservoar (a receptacle for oil in a lamp) · mi ipu iriiri (a receptacle in church for holy water) · nl reservoir (a receptacle for oil in a lamp) · fi kastemalja (a receptacle in church for holy water) · de Weihwasserbecken (a receptacle in church for holy water) · de Taufbecken (a receptacle in church for holy water) · vi bình dầu (a receptacle for oil in a lamp) · sv funt (a receptacle in church for holy water) · tpw 'ykaraiburu (a receptacle in church for holy water) · ru купе́ль (a receptacle in church for holy water) · mk крстилница (a receptacle in church for holy water) · es depósito (a receptacle for oil in a lamp) · fr fonts (a receptacle in church for holy water)
From Middle French fonte (“act or process of founding or melting; act of producing items from molten metal; cast iron; set of type”) (modern French fonte), either:
* from fondre (“to melt, melt down; to smelt”), from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, the present active infinitive of fundō (“to pour out; to make by smelting, found”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”); or
* from Late Latin *fundita, a noun use of funditus, a perfect passive participle form of Latin fundō (see above; the classical Latin form is fūsus).
Meanings
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. ▸ In metal typesetting, a set of type sorts in one size.
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. ▸ In phototypesetting, a set of patterns forming glyphs of any size, or the film they are stored on.
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. ▸ 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.
(informal) A typeface.
(metonymically) 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.
They bought a license for the Gulliver font and installed that font on several machines.
et font (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · cmn 字體 /字体 (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ga cló (computer file used to draw glyphs) · haw kinona hua (computer file used to draw glyphs) · sv font (computer file used to draw glyphs) · oc polissa (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · el γραμματοστοιχείο (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · cmn 字形 (computer file used to draw glyphs) · it carattere (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · de Schriftart (computer file used to draw glyphs) · da skrift (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ta எழுத்துரு (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · nl font (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ko 폰트 (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · hy տառատեսակ (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ky шрифт (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ja 字体 (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · th ฟอนต์ (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ko 자체 (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ca font (computer file used to draw glyphs) · fi fontti (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · te అక్షరాకృతి (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · fi kirjasin (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · mn фонт (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ru шрифт (computer file used to draw glyphs) · ja フォント (computer file used to draw glyphs) · ja フォント (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · pl czcionka (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · tg шрифт (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · pt tipo de letra (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ms fon (computer file used to draw glyphs) · uk черенки́ (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · vi phông chữ (computer file used to draw glyphs) · br nodrezh (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ga clófhoireann (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · pt fonte (computer file used to draw glyphs) · fr fonte (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · nl lettertype (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · fa-ira قَلَم (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · id fon (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · de Zeichensatz (computer file used to draw glyphs) · lt šriftas (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · vi phông chữ (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ar بُنْط (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · my ဖောင့် (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · nb skrifttype (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ja 字形 (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ko 글꼴 (computer file used to draw glyphs) · sv stilsort (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · el γραμματοσειρά (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · sw fonti (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · fi fontti (computer file used to draw glyphs) · ca fosa (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · bo ལྕགས་འབྲུ (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · sh фо̏нт (computer file used to draw glyphs) · de Schriftart (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · is leturgerð (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · vi phông (computer file used to draw glyphs) · sh pȉsmenīk (computer file used to draw glyphs) · mk тип (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · de Font (computer file used to draw glyphs) · kk қаріп (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · es tipografía (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · bo པར་རྩའི་ཡིག་འབྲུ (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · tr yazıtipi (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · sh пи̏сменӣк (computer file used to draw glyphs) · fr police d'écriture (computer file used to draw glyphs) · sk písmo (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · cs font (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · uk шрифт (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · vi phông (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · es fuente (computer file used to draw glyphs) · sv font (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · mr फाँट (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ko 서체 (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · az şrift (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · da skrifttype (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · mk фонт (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · es fuente (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · cmn 字形 (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ms pasuan (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · be шрыфт (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · eo tiparo (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · pl font (computer file used to draw glyphs) · nl lettertype (computer file used to draw glyphs) · bn ফন্ট (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · mr फाँट (computer file used to draw glyphs) · ms pasuan (computer file used to draw glyphs) · tk şrift (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ka შრიფტი (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ro font (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · bo ཡིག་གཟུགས (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · haw kinona hua (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · sv teckensnitt (computer file used to draw glyphs) · sv typsnitt (computer file used to draw glyphs) · oc poliça (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ro corp de literă (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · fr police (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ar خَطّ (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ast fonte (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · tr söten (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · lv šrifts (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · lv fonts (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ur فونْٹ (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ru шрифт (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · pt fonte (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · pl czcionka (computer file used to draw glyphs) · mk фонт (computer file used to draw glyphs) · ko 글꼴 (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · it font (computer file used to draw glyphs) · bg шрифт (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · cs písmo (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ar خَطّ (computer file used to draw glyphs) · ru фонт (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · el γραμματοσειρά (computer file used to draw glyphs) · ar بُنْط (computer file used to draw glyphs) · my စာလုံးပုံစံ (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · pt letra (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · et kirjatüüp (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · km ពុម្ពអក្សរ (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · he גּוֹפָן (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · sv teckensnitt (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · id fon (computer file used to draw glyphs) · hu font (computer file used to draw glyphs) · gd cruth-clò (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · uz shrift (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · ko 자형 (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · mi momotuhi (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · sv typsnitt (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · cmn 字體 /字体 (computer file used to draw glyphs) · tg ҳуруф (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · fi kirjasinleikkaus (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · sh fȍnt (computer file used to draw glyphs) · ja 字体 (computer file used to draw glyphs) · ab ашрифт (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · nl font (computer file used to draw glyphs) · ru фонт (computer file used to draw glyphs) · fi kirjasin (computer file used to draw glyphs) · et šrift (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · de Schrift (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · es tipo de letra (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · hi फ़ॉन्ट (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs) · sv stilsort (computer file used to draw glyphs) · br nodrezh (computer file used to draw glyphs) · ms fon (typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs)
From Middle French fonte (“act or process of founding or melting; act of producing items from molten metal; cast iron; set of type”) (modern French fonte), either:
* from fondre (“to melt, melt down; to smelt”), from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, the present active infinitive of fundō (“to pour out; to make by smelting, found”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”); or
* from Late Latin *fundita, a noun use of funditus, a perfect passive participle form of Latin fundō (see above; the classical Latin form is fūsus).
Meanings
(informal, transitive) To overlay (text) on the picture.
[…] character generator instead of an easel card to create letters on camera or telephone numbers that can run across the TV screen. The process is called fonting. 1987, The Foundation Center, Promoting issues & ideas: a guide to public relations for nonprofit organizations, page 97:
When figures or quotes are thought helpful to understanding a spot, they're "fonted" over the cover picture. 1981, William Safire, On language, page 78:
Apparently from fount, with influence from the senses above (under etymology 1).
Meanings
(figuratively) A source, wellspring, fount.
As I am not drawing here on the font of imagination to refresh that of fact and experience, I do not suggest that the Tarot set the example of expressing Secret Doctrine in pictures and that it was followed by Hermetic writers; but it is noticeable that it is perhaps the earliest example of this art. 1910, Arthur Edward Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, part II:
The Bible lays special stress on the fear of God as the font of wisdom. 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
1824 — George Gordon, Lord Byron, Don Juan, canto V
A gaudy taste; for they are little skill'd in
The arts of which these lands were once the font
I am interested to fix your attention on this prospect now because unless you take it within your view and permit the full significance of it to command your thought I cannot find the right light in which to set forth the particular matter that lies at the very font of my whole thought as I address you to-day. 1915, Woodrow Wilson, Third State of the Union Address:
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