font — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

bigger, bound, difficult, favorite, hard, large, large, lately

I switched to a larger font because the smaller text was hurting my eyes.

VERB + FONT

don't, installed, like, make, need, read, size, think

I need to install a new font on my computer before I can use it in my design project.

FONT + NOUN

business, glasses, herself, logo, machines, roman, script

The designer chose a bold roman font for the company's new logo.

PREP.

in, on, with, without

The website looks more professional in a modern sans-serif font.

ADV.

once

I changed the font once and decided to keep it because it looked much better.

Definitions

noun

1

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.

2

A receptacle for lamp oil in a lamp.

noun

1

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.

2

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.

3

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.

4

A typeface.

5

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.

verb

1

To overlay (text) on the picture.

When figures or quotes are thought helpful to understanding a spot, they're "fonted" over the cover 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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — bowl for baptismal water

baptistry
baptistery

noun — a specific size and style of type within a type family

fount
typeface
face
case

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

She dipped her fingers in the font and crossed herself.

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02

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.

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03

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); […]

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04

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

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05

I like the font of this logo.

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06

When figures or quotes are thought helpful to understanding a spot, they're "fonted" over the cover picture.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, font is marked as informal, figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.