fount
noun
[ faʊnt ]
• a source of a desirable quality or commodity.
• "our courier was a fount of knowledge"
• a spring or fountain.
Origin:
late 16th century: back-formation from fountain, on the pattern of the pair mountain, mount .
fount
noun
• variant spelling of font2.
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’.
