Re: Tram number founts [Was: WANTED]
  Prescott

I've never seen the word founts used in this sense, only this:

http://grammarist.com/usage/font-vs-fount/

In any case, Australia used mostly American spelling for a century and
more, e.g. this newspaper item from 1916:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129636377?searchTerm=font%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&searchLimits=l-availability=y|||l-australian=y

Tony P

On Saturday, 12 May 2018 09:55:59 UTC+10, Andrew Cook wrote:
>

> Mal/Dean,

>

>

> 'Fonts' is the Americanisation of the English spelling of the word

> 'founts'. The numerals on tramcars varied from system to system. I assume

> the numerals in the earlier days were painted on by sign-writers, who

> followed a particular style used by the system concerned. I don't think the

> numerals painted on trams were based entirely on actual typographical

> founts. The stick-on numerals on Australian trams today are probably

> typographical, and I think the former MET used Helvetica Extra Bold

> numerals on its trams at a guess. Sans serif anyway!

>

>

> Cheers,

>

> Andrew Cook (a former hand compositor).

>

>

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> *Subject:* [TramsDownUnder] Tram number fonts [Was: WANTED]

>

> Hi Dean,

>

> I'll be at the Adelaide Museum in late May and can probably help, but I

> think you need to be a bit more specific.

>

> If you want the details of the font for a tram system, you need to

> specify which era - and sometimes which trams.

>

> Here's today's pic of a "Sydney 8" ... amongst other numbers.

>

> Mal Rowe

>

> On 8/05/2018 8:09 PM, Tram Gunzle wrote:

> > someone with:

> > - a digital camera of at least 10MP

> > - steady hands

> > - a measuring tape

> > - access to STM

> > - time to take detail photos and email them

> >

> > Also, ditto for Adelaide trams with 7, 8, or 9 in their fleet number.

> >

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