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font2

Pronunciation: /fɒnt/

(British also fount /faʊnt/)

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Definition of font

noun

Printing

a set of type of one particular face and size: written material in a variety of fonts and formats

Origin:

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

font in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of font in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

fondu
fondue
fons et origo
Fonseca, Gulf of
font ¹
font ²
Fontaine, Joan
Fontainebleau
Fontana
fontanelle
Fontanne, Lynn

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font¹ Br. Eng
font² Eng-Ger
font Eng-It
font Fr-Eng
font size in font² Eng-Ger
les deux font la paire! in paire Fr-Eng

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