1
a
: a receptacle for baptismal water
b
: a receptacle for holy water
c
: a receptacle for various liquids
: an assortment or set of type or characters all of one style and sometimes one size
Examples of font in a Sentence
Noun (1)
a domestic diva who is a seemingly endless font of new ideas
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PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
Accessibility Reader This is another innovation which works alongside Magnifier, to take text from the physical world and turn it into a legible format in a custom font.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
The pope’s ancestor had received her first sacrament in the same font that is still in the back of the church.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Each inaugural ring features the player’s name and team number, plus the Minnesota team’s colors and fonts from that first season.
—Constance Droganes, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The app provides basic image corrections, along with graphics and fonts, raw camera file support, retouching tools, and some workflow capabilities.
—PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
Accessibility Reader This is another innovation which works alongside Magnifier, to take text from the physical world and turn it into a legible format in a custom font.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
The pope’s ancestor had received her first sacrament in the same font that is still in the back of the church.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Each inaugural ring features the player’s name and team number, plus the Minnesota team’s colors and fonts from that first season.
—Constance Droganes, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Font.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/font. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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font
1 of 2 noun1
: a basin for baptismal or holy water
2
font
2 of 2 noun
: an assortment of type or characters all of one size and style
Etymology
Noun
Old English font "basin for holy water," derived from Latin font-, fons "fountain, spring" — related to fountain
Noun
from early French fonte "act of casting metal," derived from Latin fundere "to pour melted metal into a mold" — related to found entry 3, founder entry 2
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