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A receptacle in a church for holy water - especially one used in baptism
A receptacle for oil in a lamp.
(figuratively) spring, source, fountain
* 1919 , :
(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.
(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. A font file.
(figuratively) A source, wellspring, fount.
* 1824 — , canto V
* 1910 — , part II
* 1915 —
A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
Zero]] quantity of [[expression, expressions; nothing.
Something that has no force or meaning.
(computing) the ASCII or Unicode character (), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
(computing) the attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
One of the beads in nulled work.
(statistics) null hypothesis
Having no validity, "null and void"
insignificant
* 1924 , Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove :
absent or non-existent
(mathematics) of the null set
(mathematics) of or comprising a value of precisely zero
(genetics, of a mutation) causing a complete loss of gene function, amorphic.
As a verb font
is .As a noun null is
zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.font
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) font, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The Bible lays special stress on the fear of God as the font of wisdom.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) fonte, feminine past participle of verb .Alternative forms
* fount (UK)Noun
(wikipedia font) (en noun)Derived terms
* font family * multilingual font * Unicode font * bitmap font * screen font * outline font * printer font * font suitcase * roman fontReferences
* * Bringhurst, Robert (2002). The Elements of Typographic Style, version 2.5 , pp 291–2. Vancouver, Hartley & Marks. ISBN 0-88179-133-4.Etymology 3
Apparently from (fount), with influence from the senses above (under etymology 1).Noun
(en noun)- A gaudy taste; for they are little skill'd in
The arts of which these lands were once the font
- As I am not drawing here on the font of imagination to refresh that of fact and experience, I do not suggest that the Tarot set the example of expressing Secret Doctrine in pictures and that it was followed by Hermetic writers; but it is noticeable that it is perhaps the earliest example of this art.
- I am interested to fix your attention on this prospect now because unless you take it within your view and permit the full significance of it to command your thought I cannot find the right light in which to set forth the particular matter that lies at the very font of my whole thought as I address you to-day.
null
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Francis Bacon)
- Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null .
Adjective
(en adjective)- In proportion as we descend the social scale our snobbishness fastens on to mere nothings which are perhaps no more null than the distinctions observed by the aristocracy, but, being more obscure, more peculiar to the individual, take us more by surprise.