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Word font to use to write less3/8/2024 In the 1880s–1890s, "hot lead" typesetting was invented, in which type was cast as it was set, either piece by piece (as in the Monotype technology) or in entire lines of type at one time (as in the Linotype technology). a carrier for holding all the type together). This spacing strip was made from lead because lead was a softer metal than the traditional forged metal type pieces (which was part lead, antimony and tin) and would compress more easily when "locked up" in the printing "chase" (i.e. Line spacing is still often called " leading", because the strips used for line spacing were made of lead (rather than the harder alloy used for other pieces). Some metal type characters required in typesetting, such as dashes, spaces and line-height spacers, were not part of a specific font, but were generic pieces that could be used with any font. The rest of the characters would be provided in quantities appropriate for the distribution of letters in that language. A font when bought new would often be sold as (for example in a Roman alphabet) 12pt 14A 34a, meaning that it would be a size 12- point font containing 14 uppercase "A"s, and 34 lowercase "A"s. Unlike a digital typeface, a metal font would not include a single definition of each character, but commonly used characters (such as vowels and periods) would have more physical type-pieces included. The same distinction is also referred to with the terms majuscule and minuscule. Upper- and lowercase letters get their names because of which case the metal type was located in for manual typesetting: the more distant upper case or the closer lower case. In a manual printing ( letterpress) house the word "font" would refer to a complete set of metal type that would be used to typeset an entire page. Metal type A 1910 letterpress poster, advertising an auction, using a variety of typefaces and fonts The term refers to the process of casting metal type at a type foundry. The word font (traditionally spelled fount in British English, but in any case pronounced / ˈ f ɒ n t/) derives from Middle French fonte " melted a casting". Metal type sorts arranged on a composing stick Etymology In traditional typesetting, the font would be made from metal or wood type: to compose a page may require multiple fonts or even multiple typefaces. In both traditional typesetting and computing, the word "font" refers to the delivery mechanism of the typeface. When used in computers, each style is in a separate digital "font file". The term "font" is correctly applied to any one of these alone but may be seen used loosely to refer to the whole typeface. For instance, the typeface " Bauer Bodoni" (sample shown here) includes fonts " Roman" (or "Regular"), " Bold" and " Italic" each of these exists in a variety of sizes. In the 21st century, with the advent of computer fonts, the terms "font" and "typeface" are often used interchangeably, although the term "typeface" refers to the design of typographical lettering, whereas the term "font" refers to the specific style of a typeface, such as its size and weight. A typeface consists of various fonts that share an overall design. Each font is a matched set of type, with a piece (a " sort") for each glyph. In metal typesetting, a font is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. See also: Typeface The Bauer Bodoni typeface, with samples of the three of the fonts in the family
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