font

Other forms of font

plural

fonts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about font

What does font mean?

font means "a specific size and style of type within a type family". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in font?

font has 1 syllable: font. In IPA it is /ˈfɑnt/.

What is another word for font?

Close synonyms include fount, typeface, face, case, baptismal font. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is font a common word?

font is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with font?

1 word rhymes with font. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.