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fount
fount 1 F0279700 (fount)n.1. A fountain.2. One that initiates or dispenses; a source: Damascus—the fount of modern Arab nationalism. [Middle English, from Old English and Old French font, both from Latin fōns, font-.]
fount 2 F0279700 (fount)n. Chiefly British Variant of font2.fount (faʊnt) n1. poetic a spring or fountain2. source or origin[C16: back formation from fountain]
fount (faʊnt; fɒnt) n (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing another word for font2[C16: from Old French fonte a founding, casting, from Vulgar Latin funditus (unattested) a casting, from Latin fundere to melt; see found3]fount1 (faʊnt) n. 1. a spring of water; fountain. 2. a source or origin: a fount of ideas. [1585–95; short for fountain] fount2 (faʊnt, fɒnt) n. Brit. font 2. 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.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | fount - a specific size and style of type within a type familyfont, typeface, face, casetype - printed characters; "small type is hard to read"type family - a complete set of type suitable for printing textunicameral script - a script with a single casebicameral script - a script having two distinct casesconstant-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 widthscartridge font, font cartridge - any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printerblack letter, Gothic - a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuriesbold, bold face, boldface - a typeface with thick heavy linesitalic - a typeface with letters slanting upward to the rightraster 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 waterfountainplumbing fixture - a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building |
fountnounA point of origination:beginning, derivation, fountain, fountainhead, mother, origin, parent, provenance, provenience, root, rootstock, source, spring, well.Translationsβρύσηκρήνηπηγήfontainesourcefontepolizzaserie di caratterisorgentetipo [di caratteri]EncyclopediaSeefontfount Related to fount: fontSynonyms for fountnoun a point of originationSynonyms- beginning
- derivation
- fountain
- fountainhead
- mother
- origin
- parent
- provenance
- provenience
- root
- rootstock
- source
- spring
- well
Synonyms for fountnoun a specific size and style of type within a type familySynonymsRelated Words- type
- type family
- unicameral script
- bicameral script
- constant-width font
- fixed-width font
- monospaced font
- typewriter font
- proportional font
- cartridge font
- font cartridge
- black letter
- Gothic
- bold
- bold face
- boldface
- italic
- raster font
- screen font
- Helvetica
- sans serif
noun a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of waterSynonymsRelated Words |