font
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
- A receptacle for lamp oil in a lamp.
- 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.
- 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 phototypesetting, a set of patterns forming glyphs of any size, or the film they are stored on.
- 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 digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.
- A typeface.
- 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.
- The design of any text.
- A source, wellspring, fount.
Verb
- To overlay (text) on the picture.
Proper noun
- # Clipping of Fontainebleau: a town near Paris, in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
- A surname
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