font

font
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin font-, fons, from Latin, fountain Date: before 12th century 1. a. a receptacle for baptismal water b. a receptacle for holy water c. a receptacle for various liquids 2. source, fountain <
a font of information
>
fontal adjective II. noun Etymology: French fonte, from Middle French, act of founding, from Vulgar Latin *fundita, feminine of funditus, past participle of Latin fundere to found, pour — more at found Date: circa 1688 an assortment or set of type or characters all of one style and sometimes one size

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  • Font — bezeichnet: Font (Informationstechnologie), ein digitaler Schrifttypensatz Font FR, eine Gemeinde im Kanton Freiburg Personen: Héctor Font (* 1984), spanischer Fußballspieler Rafael Font de Mora (* 1968), spanischer Tennisspieler Roberto Font… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Font — Font, n. [AS. font, fant, fr. L. fons, fontis, spring, fountain; cf. OF. font, funt, F. fonts, fonts baptismaux, pl. See {Fount}.] 1. A fountain; a spring; a source. [1913 Webster] Bathing forever in the font of bliss. Young. [1913 Webster] 2. A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • font — [fɒnt ǁ fɑːnt] noun [countable] a set of printed letters of a particular design, used to refer to letters in a magazine, book etc: • Choose the font style from the list in the dialog box. * * * font UK US /fɒnt/ noun [C] ► a set of letters and… …   Financial and business terms

  • Font — Font, n. [F. fonte, fr. fondre to melt or cast. See {Found} to cast, and cf. {Fount} a font.] (Print.) A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • font — s. n., pl. fónturi Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  FONT, fonturi, s.n. (inform.) Caracter grafic utilizat în scrierea cu ajutorul calculatorului; set de caractere (cifre, litere, simboluri) conceput în acelaşi stil… …   Dicționar Român

  • font — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS inform., tipogr. insieme completo dei caratteri di uno stesso tipo Sinonimi: carattere, 2fonte. {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1990. ETIMO: ingl. font propr. fonditura , dal fr. fonte …   Dizionario italiano

  • Font — der; s, s <aus amerik. font, engl. fount »Schriftsatz«, dies aus fr. fonte »Schrift(sortiment)«> Schriftsatzinventar [eines Textverarbeitungssystems]; Zeichensatz (EDV) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • font — fȍnt m <N mn fòntovi> DEFINICIJA tipogr. inform. skup znakova i slova iste vrste i veličine; znakovlje ETIMOLOGIJA engl. font …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • font — font·al; font; …   English syllables

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