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1A receptacle in a church for the water used in baptism, typically a free-standing stone structure.
2A reservoir for oil in an oil lamp.
3A source of a desirable quality or commodity; a fount.
Late Old English from Latin fons, font- ‘spring, fountain’, occurring in the ecclesiastical Latin phrase fons or fontes baptismi‘baptismal water(s’).
A set of type of one particular face and size.
Late 16th century (denoting the action or process of casting or founding): from French fonte, from fondre ‘to melt’.