UK: a font was originally a fount of type (from fountain). http://britishletterpress.co.uk/type-and-typography/type-synopses/typefounders-proportions/ http://b

UK: a font was originally a fount of type (from fountain). http://britishletterpress.co.uk/type-and-typography/type-synopses/typefounders-proportions/ 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.