font

CEFRB1

/fɒnt/

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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

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She dipped her fingers in the font and crossed herself.
They bought a license for the Gulliver font and installed that font on several machines.
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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
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

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