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   Font (?), n. [F. fonte, fr. fondre to melt or cast. See Found to cast, and cf. Fount a font.] (Print.) A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount.
   
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   Font, n. [AS. font, fant, fr. L. fons, fontis, spring, fountain; cf. OF. font, funt, F. fonts, fonts baptismaux, pl. See Fount.]
   1. A fountain; a spring; a source.
   
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         Bathing forever in the font of bliss. Young.
   
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   2. A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing.
   
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              That name was given me at the font. Shak.
   
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