font UK /fɒnt/US /fɑnt/noun 10verb 1forms 3 noun10 •a single design for letters, numbers and marks, used for printing a text or showing it on a screen •In metal typesetting, a set of type sorts in one size. •In phototypesetting, a set of patterns forming glyphs of any size, or the film they are stored on. •In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it. •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.They bought a license for the Gulliver font and installed that font on several machines. •(informal) A typeface. •(informal) The design of any text.I like the font of this logo. •A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.She dipped her fingers in the font and crossed herself. •A receptacle for lamp oil in a lamp. •(figurative) A source, wellspring, fount.A gaudy taste; for they are little skill'd in The arts of which these lands were once the font — 1824 verb1 •(informal) To overlay (text) on the picture.When figures or quotes are thought helpful to understanding a spot, they're "fonted" over the cover picture. — 1981 formsfonted · fonting · fonts