This section is from the book "The Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia", by Luke Hebert. Also available from Amazon: Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia.
Fount, or Font, among Printers, a set of types, sorted for use, that includes running letters, large and small capitals, single letters, double letters, points, lines, numerals, etc.; as a fount of english, pica, bourgeois, etc. A common fount consists of 100,000 characters. See Printing and Type-Founding.
 
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