a 8500
b 1600
c 3000
d 4400
e 12000
f 2500
g 1700
h 6400
i 8000
j 400
k 800
l 4000
m 3000
n 8000
o 8000
p 1700
q 500
r 6200
s 8000
t 9000
u 3400
v 1200
w 2000
x 400
y 2000
z 200
& 200
ff 400
fi 500
fl 200
ffl 100
ffi 150
æ 100
œ 60
— 150
⸺ 90
⸻ 60
, 4500
; 800
: 600
. 2000
- 1000
? 200
! 150
’ 700
( 300
[ 150
* 100
† 100
‡ 100
§ 100
∥ 100
¶ 60
1 1300
2 1200
3 1100
4 1000
5 1000
6 1000
7 1000
8 1000
9 1000
0 1300
é 200
à 200
â 200
ê 200
All other
accents,
each. 100
A 600
B 400
C 500
D 500
E 600
F 400
G 400
H 400
I 800
J 300
K 300
L 500
M 400
N 400
O 400
P 400
Q 180
R 400
S 500
T 650
U 300
V 300
W 400
X 180
Y 300
Z 80
Æ 40
Π30
(Transcriber’s Note: the following were printed as small capitals.)
A 300
B 200
C 250
D 250
E 300
F 200
G 200
H 200
I 400
J 150
K 150
L 250
M 200
N 200
O 200
P 200
Q 90
R 200
S 250
T 326
U 150
V 150
W 200
X 90
Y 150
Z 40
Æ 20
Π15
_Spaces._
Thick 18000
Middle 12000
Thin 8000
Hair 3000
Em Quads 2500
En Quads 5000
Large Quadrates, about 80 lbs.
_Italic, one-tenth of Roman._
Owing to the varying styles of authors and the diverse subjects of books,
some letters will now and then run short in a fount, whatever the
proportions may have been at first. A new fount of type may run evenly on
a work in general literature written in the third person, while a novel
filled with dialogues in the first person will rapidly exhaust certain
letters, and require sorts to render the fount serviceable to its full
general capacity. So with scientific and other books. Even in the case
of two authors writing on the same subject, there is no certainty that
the fount will run alike. The master-printer, therefore, to keep the
entire letter in use, is compelled to order sorts, and his fount is thus
constantly growing larger.