RE: Fonts of fun

["Dave Korn" <dave.korn () artimi com>]

Dave Aitel wrote:
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> 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
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