fount

fount ¹  (fount)

n.

1. A fountain.

2. One that initiates or dispenses; a source: Damascusthe fount of modern Arab nationalism.

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[Middle English, from Old English and Old French font, both from Latin fns, font-.]

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fount ²  (fount)

n. Chiefly British

Variant of font².

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fount¹

n

1. Poetic a spring or fountain

2. source or origin

[back formation from fountain]

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fount²

n

(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing a complete set of type of one style and size Also called (esp US and Canadian) font

[from Old French fonte a founding, casting, from Vulgar Latin funditus (unattested) a casting, from Latin fundere to melt; see found³]

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Fount a complete assortment of type of the same size and style; a spring or source. Also called font. See also fountain.

Examples: fount of fire, 1833; of inspiration, 1842; of italics, 1862; of life, 1667; of new heresies, 1874; of type, 1878.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fount - a specific size and style of type within a type family font, typeface, face, case type - printed characters; "small type is hard to read" type family - a complete set of type suitable for printing text unicameral script - a script with a single case bicameral script - a script having two distinct cases constant-width font, fixed-width font, monospaced font, typewriter font - a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter) proportional font - any font whose different characters have different widths cartridge font, font cartridge - any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer black letter, Gothic - a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries bold, bold face, boldface - a typeface with thick heavy lines italic - a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right raster font, screen font - the font that is displayed on a computer screen; "when the screen font resembles a printed font a document may look approximately the same on the screen as it will when printed" Helvetica, sans serif - a typeface in which characters have no serifs
	2.	fount - a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water fountain plumbing fixture - a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building

Translations

fount [faʊnt] N

1. (poet) (= source) → fuente f, manantial m
fount of knowledge/wisdom → fuente f de sabiduría

2. (Brit) (Typ) → fundición f

fount [ˈfaʊnt ˈfɒnt] n → source f
a fount of wisdom → une source de sagesse

fount

n

(liter: = fountain) → Born m (poet), → Quelle f; (fig: = source) → Quelle f

(Typ) → Schrift f

fount [faʊnt] n

a. (liter) (source) → fonte f, sorgente f

b. (Typ) → carattere m (di stampa)