[fɒnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a receptacle in a church for the water used in baptism, typically a free-standing stone structure

- a reservoir for oil in an oil lamp

- a source of a desirable quality or commodity; a fount
(e.g: they dip down into the font of wisdom)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Old English font, from Latin fons, font- ‘spring, fountain’, occurring in the ecclesiastical Latin phrase fons or fontes baptismi ‘baptismal water(s’)

[fɒnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a set of type of one particular face and size
(e.g: written material in a variety of fonts and formats)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (denoting the action or process of casting or founding): from French fonte, from fondre ‘to melt’