[font] n [ME, fr. OE, fr. LL font-, fons, fr. L, fountain] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a receptacle for baptismal water b: a receptacle for holy water c: a receptacle for various liquids
2: source, fountain "a ~ of information" -- font.al adj
[2]font n [MF fonte act of founding, fr. (assumed) VL fundita, fem. of funditus, pp. of L fundere to found, pour--more at found] (ca. 1688): an assortment or set of type all of one size and style