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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A receptacle for oil in a lamp.
  • A receptacle in a church for holy water - especially one used in baptism
  • 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.
  • figurative A source, wellspring, fount.
  • 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.

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