| font | |
| 1. n. A receptacle in a church for holy water - especially one used in baptism | |
| 2. n. A receptacle for oil in a lamp. | |
| 3. n. (figuratively) spring, source, fountain | |
| 4. n. (typography) 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 supp | |
| 5. n. In metal typesetting, a set of type sorts in one size. | |
| 6. n. In phototypesetting, a set of patterns forming glyphs of any size, or the film they are stored on. | |
| 7. n. 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. | |
| 8. n. (computing) 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. | |
| 9. n. (figuratively) A source, wellspring, fount. | |
