Font Font

Font - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Back, Baptism, Baptistery, Beard, Belly, Body, Bonanza, Cap, Capital, Case, Chalice, Christening, Cornucopia, Counter

A font can mean:

  1. A member of a typeface family; or
  2. An item of church furniture or architecture, used as a container for holy water, and used in blessings and baptisms. A large font is typically found in a baptistery, an area in the church set aside for baptisms. A smaller font set by the entrance of a Roman Catholic church for worshippers to bless themselves upon entering is sometimes called a stoup.

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