Origin and Etymology of font
Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin font-, fons, from Latin, fountain
First Known Use: before 12th century
font
Definition of font
: an assortment or set of type or characters all of one style and sometimes one size
Origin and Etymology 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
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