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How to pronounce fount in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms case, face, font, typeface
Type of type
Has types bold, bold face, boldface, cartridge font, constant-width font, fixed-width font, font cartridge, gothic, helvetica, italic, monospaced font, proportional font, raster font, sans serif, screen font, unicameral script, black letter, bicameral script, typewriter font
Type Words
Synonyms fountain
Type of plumbing fixture

Examples of fount

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Secrets can lead to madness, which may be the fount of poetry or mindless babble.
From the kansas.com
Fleischmann was known for achievements in his field and for being a fount of ideas.
From the washingtonpost.com
I have always found it a fount of references which has always helped me out.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Shirley is a wonderful teacher with a fount of useful knowledge and huge enthusiasm.
From the edp24.co.uk
The risk is even greater in writing about family, that fount of nostalgia.
From the nytimes.com
Johnson, fount of all knowledge on the art of song, spoke a few words of introduction.
From the guardian.co.uk
By investing in new frontiers, Page believes Google will remain a fount of innovation.
From the sacbee.com
He is also an absolute fount of knowledge on the vast array of hardware.
From the telegraph.co.uk
At shift change, check and refill as needed the fount solution, paper, plates, and inks.
From the jobview.monster.com
More examples
  • Font: a specific size and style of type within a type family
  • Fountain: a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
  • In typography, a font (also fount) is traditionally defined as a quantity of sorts composing a complete character set of a single size and style of a particular typeface. ...
  • Something from which water flows; a device from which poultry may drink; that from which something flows or proceeds
  • A collection of characters in a single size and style.
  • Noun; spring of water