Pronunciation : Font
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. fonte, fr. fondre to melt or cast. See Found to cast, and cf. Fount a font.] (Print.)
Definition : Defn: A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Font
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. font, fant, fr. L. fons, fontis, spring, fountain; cf. OF. font, funt, F. fonts, fonts baptismaux, pl. See Fount.]
Definition : 1. A fountain; a spring; a source. Bathing forever in the font of bliss. Young.
2. A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing. That name was given me at the font. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913