fount

Other forms of fount

plural

founts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fount

What does fount mean?

fount means "a specific size and style of type within a type family". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fount?

fount has 1 syllable: fount.

What is another word for fount?

Close synonyms include font, typeface, face, case, fountain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fount a common word?

fount is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.