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UK: a font was originally a fount of type (from fountain).

http://britishletterpress.co.uk/type-and-typography/type-syn...

Above dates from the days when letterpress was still around (my local letterpress based jobbing printer closed his shop in the late 80s/early 90s because of repeated break-ins after his lead). Article tends to suggest a fount would be a given weight/style of a typeface.




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