font

Pronunciation: /fɑnt/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a specific size and style of type within a type family
  2. noun bowl for baptismal water

Etymology

From Old English font, an early borrowing from Latin fōns, fontis (“fountain”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

fount, typeface, face, case

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
type
Narrower (hyponyms)
screen font, bicameral script, gothic, boldface, italic, unicameral script

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