font
noun
[ fɒnt ]
• a receptacle in a church for the water used in baptism, typically a free-standing stone structure.
• a reservoir for oil in an oil lamp.
• a source of a desirable quality or commodity; a fount.
• "they dip down into the font of wisdom"
Origin:
late Old English: from Latin fons, font- ‘spring, fountain’, occurring in the ecclesiastical Latin phrase fons or fontes baptismi ‘baptismal water(s’).
font
noun
• a set of type of one particular face and size.
• "written material in a variety of fonts and formats"
Origin:
late 16th century (denoting the action or process of casting or founding): from French fonte, from fondre ‘to melt’.
