10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WRONG FOUNT»
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The bi-lateral cypher of Sir Francis Bacon
In the 1624 edition the second i in officio is changed by the law of tied letters; the
second u in nunquam has position or angle of inclination, to make it an 'a fount'
letter ; q in conquiesti is from the wrong fount, and the u has features of both ...
Elizabeth Wells Gallup,
1910
In the 1624 edition the second i in officio is changed by the law of tied letters ; the
second u in nunquam has position or angle of inclination, to make it an ' a fount '
letter ; q in conquiesti is from the wrong fount, and the « has features of both ...
The same applies to all uppercase letters, the turning being easily detected by
their position on the line. 8. Wrong-fount letters are to be corrected, and no further
notice need as a rule be taken. Under wrong-fount letters are included cases of ...
4
Brief longhand: a system of longhand contractions: by means ...
WRONG FOUNT. ^ 36. When a type of a wrong fount has been employed, the
compositor's attention is directed to it, by erasing the letter and writing w^f (=
wrong fount) in the margin. LETTERS OR WOHDS OMITTED. § 37. If a letter or
word ...
Andrew Jackson Graham,
1908
5
The First Quarto of King Henry V
At t.t97 'lide' for 'like' is probably a wrong fount, the kind of error that recurs
elsewhere. Other likely wrong-fount errors appear at 3.7o ('haah' for 'hath'), 7.tt ('
tude\ for 'coude': most likely a wrong-fount error, since the two previous citations
have ...
William Shakespeare, Andrew Gurr,
2000
6
Copy-editing: For Editors, Authors, Publishers
See also recto. virgule a solidus (q.v.). virus a 'bug' in computer hardware or
software that corrupts a user's data or, in extreme cases, causes total machine
failure. w.f. wrong fount, see under fount. white line a line of space the same
depth as a ...
7
Mysteries of Templar Treasure & the Holy Grail: The Secrets ...
The wrong fount e's as they appeared on the stone were similar to n's if turned
sideways. The misplaced O in the date has to become a U, but if we go back to
the original Roman C and turn it sideways like the lowercase wrong fount e which
...
Lionel Fanthrope, Patricia Fanthrope,
2004
8
The Variants in the First Quarto of King Lear
Wrong-fount letters (usually roman for italic capitals) have been recorded, but I
have made no attempt to distinguish or record wrong- fount punctuation marks.
They are certainly frequent — there is a prominent black-letter colon on the ...
9
News Reporting And Editing
See rotary press. weight The degree of blackness of a typeface. wf Abbreviation
for wrong fount. white Any part of the page which does not carry ink — spaces
around headlines, in and around words and letters, margins, etc. white out To put
...
K.M. Shrivastava (rev. Edn.)
10
The Texts of King Lear and Their Origins: Volume 1, Nicholas ...
... acute acute, 4rcw by as D (outer) State 1 State 2 3rpn [omitted] 11 [21 wrong
fount] State 2 State 3 3rpn 11 [21 wrong fount] 11 E (outer) State 1 State 2 3rpn
19 1 State 2 State 3 3rpn 1 [omitted] E (inner) State 1 State 2 2r21 Further Further
4rl ...
Peter W. M. Blayney,
2007
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WRONG FOUNT»
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The Revolting and Honest World of The Great Gatsby
I found it, with a smeared strip of masking tape marring the front cover, for a mere ... focused on the wrong fount of happiness to their very death and destruction. «Patheos, May 13»