The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FONT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result FONT
- It's used in printing of revolutionary books
- Type of water bath
- Typeface initially from old religious books
- Typeface in which to acquire a name?
- Well set for printing
- Set of type that’s needed for ceremony with sponsors
- Show King leaving part of church
- Forsyth's first book had old typeface
- eg Gothic novel not following Frankenstein’s lead
- It could be Roman feature just inside a church
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The straight part
We know that "eg Gothic" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case eg gothic = font.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does FONT mean?
FONT noun- A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
- A receptacle for oil in a lamp.
- Spring, source, fountain.
- 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.
- 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.
- To overlay (text) on the picture.
- A source, wellspring, fount.