Fount Distribution

This page shows the content of standard founts sold by Adana in 1973. The founts are small, being intended for users of table-top hand platen presses, etc. Larger founts can be built up by adding e.g. four sets of 5A 12a together, but large founts would tend to have slightly different distributions to this - see Quantity in a Fount for examples. With the smallest of the distributions below, bear in mind that they were effective before e.g. the year 1990 or 2000 had been reached, and the quantities of 2, 9 or 0 might need adjustment. Similarly, the advent of postcodes should have affected the number of Q and Z in the fount, for example, and one alone might not be sufficient.

The Adana founts were usually paired as:
6pt to 12pt	5A	12a	or	10A	48a
14pt	4A	9a	or	8A	35a
18pt	3A	6a	or	6A	18a
24pt	3A	6a	or	5A	12a
30pt to 36pt	3A	4a	or	4A	9a
48pt	2A	4a
72pt	3A	4a

Lower Case

Upper Case

Capital Fount Only

ffi

ffl

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Other empty cases ie with the boxes left blank		Other type layouts ie with characters assigned to boxes
Full Index of layouts	Glossary of terms used	Sources of the layouts	Introduction
Quantities in a fount of type		Quantities in a case of type
Notes about Job and Double Cases	Notes about Upper cases	Notes about Lower cases	Alembic home page

This page was written in 2009 by David Bolton and last updated 16 March 2009.