font

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:

(Christianity) A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.

From Old English font, an early borrowing from Latin fōns, fontis (“fountain”).


font

(typography) 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.

In phototypesetting, a set of patterns forming glyphs of any size, or the film they are stored on.

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.

(computing, typography, informal) A typeface.

They bought a license for the Gulliver font and installed that font on several machines.

en:computer file encoding a typeface or subset thereof

(computing, typography, 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.

→ Thai: ฟอนต์ (fɔ́n)

خَطّ

typesetting: a grouping of consistently-designed glyphs

خَطّ

a computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs

Borrowed from Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”).


font

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:

[…] 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:

(television, colloquial, transitive) To overlay (text) on the picture.

en-verb

font (third-person singular simple present fonts, present participle fonting, simple past and past participle fonted)

fonts (present singular third-person)
fonting (participle present)
fonted (participle past)
fonted (past)


font

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

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:

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:

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:

(figuratively) A source, wellspring, fount.

Apparently from fount, with influence from the senses above (under etymology 1).


font

third-person plural present indicative of faire


font

fontok (plural)
font (nominative singular)
fontok (nominative plural)
fontot (accusative singular)
fontokat (accusative plural)
fontnak (dative singular)
fontoknak (dative plural)
fonttal (instrumental singular)
fontokkal (instrumental plural)
fontért (causal-final singular)
fontokért (causal-final plural)
fonttá (singular translative)
fontokká (plural translative)
fontig (singular terminative)
fontokig (plural terminative)
fontként (essive-formal singular)
fontokként (essive-formal plural)
fontban (inessive singular)
fontokban (inessive plural)
fonton (singular superessive)
fontokon (plural superessive)
fontnál (adessive singular)
fontoknál (adessive plural)
fontba (illative singular)
fontokba (illative plural)
fontra (singular sublative)
fontokra (plural sublative)
fonthoz (allative singular)
fontokhoz (allative plural)
fontból (elative singular)
fontokból (elative plural)
fontról (delative singular)
fontokról (delative plural)
fonttól (ablative singular)
fontoktól (ablative plural)
fonté (singular)
fontoké (plural)
fontéi (singular)
fontokéi (plural)
fontom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
fontjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
fontod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
fontjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
fontja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
fontjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
fontunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
fontjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
fontotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
fontjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
fontjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
fontjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


font

(typography) digital font (set of glyphs of unified design contained in a computer file)

Borrowed from English font, from Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of fondre (“to melt”), from Latin fundō (“I melt”).


font

third-person singular indicative past indefinite of fon

From the verb fon (“to spin [yarn], braid [hair], weave [basket], twist [rope], twine [arms]”) + -t.

af

to spin 􂀿yarn􂁀, braid 􂀿hair􂁀, weave 􂀿basket􂁀, twist 􂀿rope􂁀, twine 􂀿arms􂁀


font

font (nominative singular)
fontak (nominative plural)
fontat (accusative singular)
fontakat (accusative plural)
fontnak (dative singular)
fontaknak (dative plural)
fonttal (instrumental singular)
fontakkal (instrumental plural)
fontért (causal-final singular)
fontakért (causal-final plural)
fonttá (singular translative)
fontakká (plural translative)
fontig (singular terminative)
fontakig (plural terminative)
fontként (essive-formal singular)
fontakként (essive-formal plural)
fontban (inessive singular)
fontakban (inessive plural)
fonton (singular superessive)
fontakon (plural superessive)
fontnál (adessive singular)
fontaknál (adessive plural)
fontba (illative singular)
fontakba (illative plural)
fontra (singular sublative)
fontakra (plural sublative)
fonthoz (allative singular)
fontakhoz (allative plural)
fontból (elative singular)
fontakból (elative plural)
fontról (delative singular)
fontakról (delative plural)
fonttól (ablative singular)
fontaktól (ablative plural)
fonté (singular)
fontaké (plural)
fontéi (singular)
fontakéi (plural)


font

fonten (definite singular)
fonter (indefinite plural)
fontene (definite plural)

From Latin fons, via Old Norse fontr (sense 1), and French fonte, via English font (sense 2).


font

fonten (definite singular)
fontar (indefinite plural)
fontane (definite plural)


font

(computing) font (computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs)

font (nominative singular)
fonty (nominative plural)
fonta (genitive singular)
fontu (genitive singular)
fontów (genitive plural)
fontowi (dative singular)
fontom (dative plural)
font (accusative singular)
fonty (accusative plural)
fontem (instrumental singular)
fontami (instrumental plural)
foncie (locative singular)
fontach (locative plural)
foncie (singular vocative)
fonty (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English font, from Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”).


font

fonturi (plural)
font (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
fontul (accusative definite nominative singular)
fonturi (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
fonturile (accusative definite nominative plural)
font (indefinite singular)
fontului (definite singular)
fonturi (indefinite singular)
fonturilor (definite plural)
fontule (singular vocative)
fonturilor (vocative)


font

font (indefinite nominative singular)
fonts (genitive indefinite singular)
fonten (definite nominative singular)
fontens (definite genitive singular)
fonter (indefinite nominative plural)
fonters (genitive indefinite plural)
fonterna (definite nominative plural)
fonternas (definite genitive plural)