Boldface vs. Font

Boldfacenoun

(typography) A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.

Fontnoun

A receptacle in a church for holy water - especially one used in baptism

Boldfaceverb

To print or write in a boldfaced font.

‘Boldface the due date so they are sure to see it.’;

Fontnoun

A receptacle for oil in a lamp.

Boldfacenoun

a typeface with thick heavy lines; - also called bold-faced.

Fontnoun

(figuratively) spring, source, fountain

Boldfaceverb

to print in boldface.

Fontnoun

(typography) A set of glyphs of unified design, belonging to one typeface (e.g., Helvetica), style (e.g., italic), and weight (e.g., bold). Usually representing the letters of an alphabet and its supplementary characters.

Boldfacenoun

a typeface with thick heavy lines

Fontnoun

In metal typesetting, a set of type sorts in one size.

Boldfaceverb

print in boldface

Fontnoun

In phototypesetting, a set of patterns forming glyphs of any size, or the film they are stored on.

Fontnoun

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.

Fontnoun

(computing) 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.

Fontnoun

(figuratively) A source, wellspring, fount.

Fontnoun

A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount.

Fontnoun

A fountain; a spring; a source.

‘Bathing forever in the font of bliss.’;

Fontnoun

A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing.

‘That name was given me at the font.’;

Fontnoun

a specific size and style of type within a type family

Fontnoun

bowl for baptismal water

Fontnoun

a receptacle in a church for the water used in baptism, typically a free-standing stone structure.

Fontnoun

a reservoir for oil in an oil lamp.

Fontnoun

a source of a desirable quality or commodity; a fount

‘they dip down into the font of wisdom’;

Fontnoun

a set of type of one particular face and size

‘written material in a variety of fonts and formats’;

Font

In metal typesetting, a font was a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. Each font was a matched set of type, with a piece (a ) for each glyph, and a typeface consisting of a range of fonts that shared an overall design.

‘sort’;