font

²font

noun

Definition of FONT

: an assortment or set of type or characters all of one style and sometimes one size

Origin of FONT

French fonte, from Middle French, act of founding, from Vulgar Latin *fundita, feminine of funditus, past participle of Latin fundere to found, pour — more at found

First Known Use: circa 1688

Other Printing Terms

epigraph, errata, leader, mechanical, notch, tittle, underscore, widow