Font
/fɒnt/noun
A set of type of one style and size, or a fountain for water.
Did you know?The typography sense of font comes from French *fonte*, meaning “a casting” or “that which is poured,” because metal type was poured into molds like liquid magic.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷʰedʰ-
“to pour, flow”
Latin
Latin
fundere
“to pour, shed, spill”
Old French
Old French
fonte
“a casting; molten metal poured into a mold”
Middle English
English
fonte
“a fountain or source of water”
Modern English
English
font
“a typeface; also a basin for baptism or a fountain”
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