| 单词 | fount of type |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfount of type Originally (in letterpress printing): a set of type of a particular size, weight, and style (such as roman, italic, bold, etc.), forming part of a type family; (in later use occasionally in digital typography) a particular style of typeface; (more generally) a typeface or type family; = font n.2 2. Frequently in fount of type, (formerly also) † fount of letter (obsolete).The term is now largely restricted to the historical study of printing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > style of type > [noun] > type face or font letter1576 alphabet1658 font1664 fond1678 fount of type1683 face1876 typeface1887 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 13 A Fount (properly a Fund) of Letter of all Bodies. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 377 Fount, is the whole number of Letters that are Cast of the same Body and Face at one time. 1723 B. Mandeville Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 258 Break down the Printing-Presses, melt the Founds. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 248 A Complete Fount of Letter. 1827 Scotsman 11 Apr. 28/2 Very superior Founts of Type..from Double Pica to Pearl, together with capital Founts of Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Syriac; a good assortment of Titling Letter, Script, Black, and Ornamental Letter. 1916 L. A. Legros & J. C. Grant Typogr. Printing-Surfaces ix. 121 A fount of a small body generally has a greater a–z length than a large-body fount of the same series. 1971 R. Brewer Approach to Print viii. 103 (caption) This type has just been cast and awaits assembly into complete founts. 2011 B. Cummings in Bk. Common Prayer Introd. p. liv This latter book uses a tiny fount—the miniscule letters are around 1 mm in size. 2013 @lucygriffithss 11 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 21 Sept. 2020) I have changed the fount on my phone, it looks so cool. < as lemmas |
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