Stoup vs. Font — What's the Difference?

(Ecclesiastical) A basin or font for holy water at the entrance of a church.

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 "sort") for each glyph, and a typeface consisting of a range of fonts that shared an overall design.

A drinking vessel, such as a cup or tankard.

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

(Scots) A bucket or pail.

A reservoir for oil in an oil lamp.

(obsolete) A bucket.

A source of a desirable quality or commodity; a fount

(archaic) A mug or drinking vessel.

A set of type of one particular face and size

A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church.

A basin for holding baptismal water in a church.

A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids.

A receptacle for holy water; a stoup.

A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; - called also holy-water stoup or holy-water font.

The oil reservoir in an oil-burning lamp.

An archaic drinking vessel

An abundant source; a fount

Basin for holy water

A complete set of type of one size and face.

(Christianity) A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.

A receptacle for oil in a lamp.

(figuratively) Spring, source, fountain.

(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.

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 typeface.

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.

(figuratively) A source, wellspring, fount.

To overlay (text) on the picture.

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.

A fountain; a spring; a source.

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

A specific size and style of type within a type family

Bowl for baptismal water