The difference between Character and Font
When used as nouns, character means a being involved in the action of a story, whereas font means a receptacle in a church for holy water - especially one used in baptism.
Character is also verb with the meaning: to write (using characters).
check bellow for the other definitions of Character and Font
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Character as a noun:
A being involved in the action of a story.
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Character as a noun:
A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
Examples:
"(genetics) A single [[locus]] governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2."
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Character as a noun:
A complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group.
Examples:
"A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out."
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Character as a noun:
Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
Examples:
"He has a great deal of character."
"You may not like to eat liver," said Calvin's father, "but it builds character."
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Character as a noun:
A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
Examples:
"Julius Caesar is a great historical character."
"That bloke is such a character."
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Character as a noun:
A written or printed symbol, or letter.
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Character as a noun (dated):
Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
Examples:
"an inscription in the Runic character"
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Character as a noun (dated):
A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
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Character as a noun (computing):
One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
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Character as a noun (informal):
A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.
Examples:
"We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers."
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Character as a noun (mathematics):
A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
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Character as a noun:
Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
Examples:
"in the miserable character of a slave"
"in his character as a magistrate"
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Character as a noun (dated):
The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
Examples:
"a man's character for truth and veracity"
"Her actions give her a bad character."
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Character as a noun (dated):
A reference given to a servant, attesting to his/her behaviour, competence, etc.
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Character as a noun (obsolete):
Personal appearance.
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Character as a verb (obsolete):
To write (using characters); to describe.
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Font as a noun:
A receptacle in a church for holy water - especially one used in baptism
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Font as a noun:
A receptacle for oil in a lamp.
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Font as a noun (figuratively):
spring, source, fountain
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Font as a noun (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.
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Font as a noun (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.
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Font as a noun (figuratively):
A source, wellspring, fount.