eg Gothic novel not following Frankenstein's lead (4)
I believe the answer is:
font
'eg gothic' is the definition.
(I know that Gothic is a type of font)
'novel not following frankenstein's lead' is the wordplay.
'novel' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in a new or novel order).
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'lead' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'frankenstein' is 'f'.
'not' with letters rearranged gives 'ont'.
'ont' put after 'f' is 'FONT'.
(Other definitions for font that I've seen before include "Vessel for baptismal water" , "Typeface; vessel" , "Gothic" , "Baptismal bowl" , "Baptismal receptacle" .)