Meanings of old font in English

The 62-year- old font family, with its sans-serif shapes and clean corners, is ubiquitous.

Here is also a fourteenth century tomb and an old font.

The old font, restored, for many years formed part of the wall of the churchyard.

The old font was taken away to St. Saviour's Church, but has been very properly replaced.

Note the old font which was evidently at one time coloured; also the aumbry, piscina and sedile.

The old font was in the wall about half-way down the cathedral; the vestry and chapter house were roofless.

The same old font of type, of course, but set up to a text never composed or issued before.

She edged closer, until she was standing in the shelter of an old font at the bottom of the dais steps.

The old font and the piscina in the wall of the nave, as well as other piscina in the chancel, are noteworthy.

David glanced at a rough old font, the pedestal of which comprised a trio of carved stone peasants: holding up the water.

The old font, now removed to Deptford parish church, used to stand beneath the second arch, from the west, of the south nave arcade.

The interior has a good timber roof, a carved oak pulpit, an old font, and several interesting monuments to the Treffry and Rashleigh families.

The old font would seem to have originally belonged to another church, as its style antedates the foundation (1220) of St. Thomas' church.

The boys had an old font of type, and they busied themselves printing cards for John Libbel, giving his name and supposed business and address.