(fons), a vessel used in churches to hold water for the purpose of baptism, and also for holy water in Roman Catholic churches. Many of the English fonts are curious both for their antiquity and their elaborate architectural embellishments.

Font or Fount (fondre, to cast), in Printing, a complete assortment of printing types of one size, including the running letters, large and small capitals, points, numeral characters, &c. See Type-Founding, and Printing.