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font
a. a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
b. a receptacle for holy water
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font
[fänt] (graphic arts)
A particular typeface and size, including all the uppercase and lowercase letters, punctuation marks, numerals, and so forth.
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font
A basin, usually of stone, which holds the water for baptism.
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font
(text)A set of glyphs (images) representing the
characters from some particular character set in a
particular size and typeface. The image of each character
may be encoded either as a bitmap (in a bitmap font) or by
a higher-level description in terms of lines and areas (an
outline font).
There are several different computer representations for fonts, the most widely known are Adobe Systems, Inc.'s PostScript font definitions and Apple's TrueType. Window systems can display different fonts on the screen and print them.
There are several different computer representations for fonts, the most widely known are Adobe Systems, Inc.'s PostScript font definitions and Apple's TrueType. Window systems can display different fonts on the screen and print them.
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Font
a large vessel used in the ritual of baptism in the Christian church. Fonts are made of copper, bronze, silver, and other metals, as well as of marble and wood (with metal inlay). They are often ornamented with reliefs, engraving, chasing, and enamel. The font is an important part of the ornamentation of the church.
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