Font
31font — {{11}}font (1) basin, O.E. font, from L. fons (gen. fontis) fountain (see FOUNTAIN (Cf. fountain)), especially in M.L. fons baptismalis baptismal font. {{12}}font (2) typeface, set of letters of a particular type, 1680s, earlier a …
32font — I font 1. font sb., en, e el. er, ene el. erne (døbefont) II font 2. font sb., en, e, ene (skrifttype) …
33font — English has two words font. The older, ‘basin for baptismal water’ [OE], comes from font , the stem of Latin fons ‘spring, fountain’ (from which English also gets fountain). It may well have been introduced into the language via Old Irish fant or …
34Font — Recorded in the spellings of De la Font, Font, Hont, Lafont, Fuente, Fuentez, Lafuente, Safont, and in many other forms, this is a Provencal (French) and Catalan (Spanish) surname. It is similar to and has the same roots as the French surname… …
35font — Комплект знаков шрифта (Font, Character set) Определенное количество знаков шрифта [упорядоченное множество знаков определенной системы письма] одного начертания [вариант рисунка шрифта, входящий в одну гарнитуру], позволяющее набирать текст… …
36font — I. /fɒnt / (say font) noun 1. a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, for the water used in baptism. 2. a receptacle for holy water; stoup. 3. the reservoir for oil in a lamp. 4. Archaic a fountain. {Middle English and Old… …
37font — fount, font These are the traditional British and American spellings respectively of the term meaning ‘a set of printing type of one size or face’. Font is now also used in BrE, and is rapidly ousting fount. Both words are only remotely connected …
38font — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin font , fons, from Latin, fountain Date: before 12th century 1. a. a receptacle for baptismal water b. a receptacle for holy water c. a receptacle for various liquids 2. source,… …
39font — noun /fɒnt,fɑnt/ a) A receptacle in a church for holy water especially one used in baptism The Bible lays special stress on the fear of God as the font of wisdom. b) A receptacle for oil in a lamp. A gaudy taste; for they are little skilld inThe… …
40Font — The vessel which contains the water for the purpose of Baptism, usually of stone and vase shaped, i.e., a large bowl on a pedestal, being sometimes circular and sometimes octagonal. The position of the Font in primitive times was at or near… …
