a large stone bowl in a church that holds water for the ceremony of baptism 圣洗池（设于教堂中，常为石造） the baptismal font 洗礼的字体
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the particular size and style of a set of letters that are used in printing, etc. 字体；字型
Word Originsense 1 late Old English: from Latin fons, font- ‘spring, fountain’, occurring in the ecclesiastical Latin phrase fons or fontes baptismi ‘baptismal water(s)’. sense 2 late 16th cent. (denoting the action or process of casting or founding): from French fonte, from fondre ‘to melt’.