font vs fount
Definitions
noun
- bowl for baptismal water
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
Examples
The libeller adds that he suspects that Fontenelle never performed the duties of a Christian but out of contempt for
It is a display font whose forms are extremely thick, up to the extent of being nearly illegible.
Fontaine has prettily set it off, and an anonymous writer has composed it in Latin Anacreontic verses; and at length our Prior has given it with equal gaiety and freedom.
Definitions
noun
- a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
Examples
She huffed, stood up, arched her back in a heavyweight stretch, turned to the fountain and started in on a long, long drink.
There is a fine square here called Madison, in the centre of which trees rise from fountain-watered grass, and statued figures of people who were men in their day and did things, palatial buildings, dignifying commerce, form the square.
I went to the fountain and saw varieties of water plants like water lilies and duckweed.
