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# font

«font» in Mova's school dictionary: **A set of letters and numbers in one design and size, such…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a font, fonts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (computers) A set of letters and numbers in one design and size, such as Arial or Times New Roman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/font/#m1)

2) (church) A large stone or wooden basin in a church that holds the water for baptism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/font/#m2)

3) (formal) A source of something: «a font of knowledge» (also «fount»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/font/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school ICT lessons pupils choose a font, font size and colour for their work. In church life babies are baptised at the font, usually near the church door. Phrases: «font size», «change the font», «bold font», «the baptismal font», «a font of wisdom».

### examples

- Change the font to make the title bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/font/#x1)
- Use font size 14 for your story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/font/#x2)
- The baby was baptised at the font. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/font/#x3)
- The old stone font is the oldest thing in the church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/font/#x4)
- Comic Sans is a fun font. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/font/#x5)
- Grandma is a font of knowledge about birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/font/#x6)

### note

Countable. Two separate meanings come from two old words. «A font of knowledge» and «a fount of knowledge» are both used. In computers a «typeface» is the design and a «font» is strictly one size and style, but most people use them the same.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «font» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/font/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.