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Webster 1913 Edition
Font
Font
,Noun.
(Print.)
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.
Font
,Noun.
[AS.
font
, fant
, fr. L. fons
, fontis
, spring, fountain; cf. OF. font
, funt
, F. fonts
, fonts baptismaux
, pl. See Fount
.] 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
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Font
FONT
,Noun.
A large basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing children or other persons in the church.
FONT
,Noun.
A complete assortment of printing types 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 letter.