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FONT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bowl for baptismal water
Synonyms:
baptismal font; baptistery; baptistry; font
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("font" is a kind of...):
basin (a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A specific size and style of type within a type family
Synonyms:
case; face; font; fount; typeface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("font" is a kind of...):
type (printed characters)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "font"):
unicameral script (a script with a single case)
bicameral script (a script having two distinct cases)
constant-width font; fixed-width font; monospaced font; typewriter font (a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter))
proportional font (any font whose different characters have different widths)
cartridge font; font cartridge (any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer)
black letter; Gothic (a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries)
bold; bold face; boldface (a typeface with thick heavy lines)
italic (a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right)
raster font; screen font (the font that is displayed on a computer screen)
Helvetica; sans serif (a typeface in which characters have no serifs)
Holonyms ("font" is a member of...):
type family (a complete set of type suitable for printing text)
