to go fonting verb. intransitive. To visit places to see Romanesque carvings, ie of Norman or Saxon origin, primarily churches. Note carvings include tympanums, corbels, capitals, columns etc as well as fonts. Note that other words cannot be used in a similar way, i.e. you cannot say "to go tympanuming" as, a) it is too difficult and b) it is not a phrase.
