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font

The correct spelling is font.

How to pronounce font

/fɒnt/
noun

IPA: /fɒnt/

Say it like: Fon-t

The correct spelling is font. A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
  2. 2.A receptacle for oil in a lamp.
  3. 3.Spring, source, fountain.
  4. 4.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.
  5. 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.

verb

  1. 1.To overlay (text) on the picture.

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