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RE: Fonts of fun
From: "Dave Korn" <dave.korn () artimi com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:39:01 -0000
Dave Aitel wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm not sure why Font means both "a source of something" and "the way letters look" in English.
"Font" as a source comes via early english from the latin word "fons", fountain, implying a source or upwelling of something bursting forth; "font" as a typeface comes from the french word "fonte", or casting, from the Latin "fundere", to pour forth, via the old french "fondre", to melt, referring to the casting of a set of type. [courtesy of dictionary.com - I'm not that clever!] cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today....
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- Fonts of fun Dave Aitel (Jan 11)
- RE: Fonts of fun Dave Korn (Jan 11)
- Re: Fonts of fun Daniele Muscetta (Jan 11)
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- Re: Fonts of fun Piotr Bania (Jan 11)
- RE: Fonts of fun Marc Maiffret (Jan 11)
- RE: Fonts of fun, buckets of bugs Brett Moore (Jan 11)
- Re: Fonts of fun Piotr Bania (Jan 12)
- RE: Fonts of fun Dave Korn (Jan 11)