font

Examples

• All

• There's a beautiful baptismal font in the church.

  Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005)

• In this water of the baptismal font, it is all Advent and Christmas, and a New Year.

  Blog text (5)

• Some who had this wish went to the baptismal font and accepted a new faith.

  Blog text (31)

• "It's very exciting and a rare opportunity to see a baptismal font in its original condition."

  Blog text (7)

• Catholics have replaced this practice with the holy water font that many have at their front door.

  Blog text (24)

• Hold the child's head over the font.

  Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005)

• Ladies and gentlemen, if you would please join me at the baptismal font.

  Outing Riley (2004)

• The baptismal font was also the gift of a parishioner who carved it from a large pine knot.

  Academic text (1996)

• Twenty years apart, we were baptized right there," she said, pointing to the marble baptismal font.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The priest filled the font with water for the upcoming baptism.

Synonyms

B

baptismal font

vsfont

1 7.4

A large bowl in a church that holds water for baptisms

is a large bowl typically of stone rather than decorative emphasis

B

baptistry

vsfont

1 9.6

A bowl or small pool in a church for washing a person with water as a religious act

is a large bowl typically of stone rather than any vessel

B

baptistery

vsfont

9.9

A bowl in a church that holds the water used when someone becomes a church member

is a large deep bowl typically of stone rather than a shallow basin

Compounds

B

baptismal font

1 7.4

A large bowl in a church that holds water for baptisms

M

monospaced font

• Specialized

1 4.0

A set of letters where each one has the same width so columns line up

B

Bodoni font

• Specialized

5.9

A serif font with strong contrast between very thin and thick strokes and sharp hairline serifs

C

cartridge font

• Archaic

6.7

A set of letters stored on a small cartridge you put into a printer to print in a new style

C

constant-width font

• Specialized

3.4

A style of text where every letter takes the same amount of space

F

fixed-width font

• Specialized

3.8

A style where every letter has the same width, like in typewriters

F

font cartridge

• Archaic

7.9

A small removable part for a printer that adds new text styles

M

modern font

• Specialized

4.7

Letters that have small thin lines at the ends and strong vertical strokes, looking elegant

P

proportional font

• Specialized

4.6

A font where letters and symbols have different widths

R

raster font

• Specialized

7.7

A set of letters and symbols shown as small square dots on a screen

O

old style font

• Specialized

6.9

A traditional set of printed letters with small slanted ends and mostly even line thickness

S

screen font

• Specialized

3.4

The style of letters shown on a computer or phone screen

T

typewriter font

3.7

A print style where each letter takes the same space, like an old typewriter

How Ornate

baptismal font

1 7.4

font

4 8.5

Surface Forms

Etymology