Font 3329659 225931224 2008-07-16T02:03:17Z CarsracBot 6929011 robot Adding: [[simple:Font]] {{otheruses4}} 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== {{reflist}} {{refbegin}} *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. {{refend}} {{Typography terms}} [[Category:Typesetting]] [[Category:Typography| ]] [[fr:Fonte de caractères]] [[ru:Фонт]] [[simple:Font]]