font
The origin and history of font.
Etymology
The typography sense traces to the same Latin root, fons ("fountain, source"), as the church-basin sense — both describe something a stream flows or is "cast" from.
The origin and history of font.
The typography sense traces to the same Latin root, fons ("fountain, source"), as the church-basin sense — both describe something a stream flows or is "cast" from.
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