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In typography, a '''font''' (also '''fount''') is traditionally defined as a complete character set of a single size of a particular [[typeface]]. For example, the set of all characters for 9 [[Point (typography)|point]] [[Bulmer (typeface)|Bulmer]] is a font, and the 10 point size would be another font.
Since the introduction of personal computers, a broader definition has evolved. The term ''font'' is now often used as a [[metonym]] for [[typeface]].
==Etymology==
The term ''font'', a [[cognate]] of the word ''[[fondue]]'', derives from Middle [[French language|French]] ''fonte'', meaning "(something that has been) melt(ed)", referring to type produced by casting molten metal at a [[type foundry]]. English-speaking printers have used the term ''fount'' for centuries to refer to the multi-part metal type used to assemble and print in a particular size and typeface.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/font |title=font. (n.d.). Online Etymology Dictionary |accessdate=2008-01-14}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Computer font]]
==References==
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*Blackwell, Lewis. ''20th Century Type.'' Yale University Press: 2004. ISBN 0-300-10073-6.
*Fiedl, Frederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein. ''Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Through History.'' Black Dog & Leventhal: 1998. ISBN 1-57912-023-7.
*Lupton, Ellen. ''Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students,'' Princeton Architectural Press: 2004. ISBN 1-5689-8448-0.
*Macmillan, Neil. ''An A–Z of Type Designers.'' Yale University Press: 2006. ISBN 0-300-11151-7.
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