Ordinary roman and other faces used in large quantities are measured by weight. The proportion of letters in a 100-pound font, showing the proportions of each character, is given on the next page. Miscellaneous faces used in small quantities are put up in fonts containing a certain number of each letter, the size of the font being designated by the number of capital A's and lower-case a's it contains.
_Scheme for 15-A 30-a Job Font of 12-Point[4]_
+------------+------------+---------------+ | CAPITALS | LOWER-CASE | POINTS | | A 15 | a 30 | period 31 | | B 6 | b 12 | comma 31 | | C 10 | c 16 | colon 6 | | D 8 | d 18 | semi-colon 6 | | E 18 | e 40 | hyphen 9 | | F 7 | f 12 | apostrophe 13 | | G 7 | g 12 | ! 9 | | H 8 | h 20 | ? 8 | | I 15 | i 30 | ( 6 | | J 5 | j 8 | | | K 5 | k 8 | FIGURES | | L 10 | l 20 | | | M 8 | m 16 | 1 5 | | N 15 | n 30 | 2 4 | | O 15 | o 30 | 3 4 | | P 8 | p 12 | 4 4 | | Q 3 | q 6 | 5 4 | | R 15 | r 30 | 6 4 | | S 15 | s 30 | 7 4 | | T 15 | t 30 | 8 4 | | U 8 | u 16 | 9 5 | | V 5 | v 8 | 0 6 | | W 6 | w 12 | $ 4 | | X 3 | x 6 | £ 1 | | Y 6 | y 12 | | | Z 3 | z 6 | | | & 6 | [fi] 3 | | | | [fl] 3 | | | | [ff] 3 | | | | [ffi] 2 | | | | [ffl] 2 | | +------------+------------+---------------+
_Proportion of Letters &c. in 100 lb. of Roman Type_
+-----------+------------+--------------+--------------------+ | CAPITALS | SMALL CAPS.| LOWER CASE | FIGURES | | _oz_ | _oz_ | _lb_ _oz_ | _oz_ | | A 8-1/2 | A 2-1/2 | a 4 6 | 1 8 | | B 5 | B 1-1/2 | b 1 - | 2 6-1/2 | | C 7-1/2 | C 2 | c 1 14 | 3 5-1/2 | | D 6-1/2 | D 2 | d 3 - | 4 5 | | E 10 | E 3-1/2 | e 6 8 | 5 6-1/2 | | F 5 | F 1-1/2 | f 1 1 | 6 5 | | G 5-1/2 | G 1-1/2 | g 1 4 | 7 5 | | H 6-1/2 | H 2 | h 3 8 | 8 5 | | I 6 | I 1-3/4 | i 2 12 | 9 5 | | J 4-1/2 | J 1-1/4 | j - 5 | 0 10 | | K 4 | K 1-1/4 | k - 8 | 2 | | L 6 | L 2 | l 1 8 | £ 1/2 | | M 7-1/2 | M 2-1/4 | m 2 10 | ----- | | N 7-1/2 | N 2-1/2 | n 4 6 | 4_lb_ | | O 7-1/2 | O 2-1/2 | o 4 4 | | | P 6 | P 1-3/4 | p 1 6 | POINTS | | Q 2-1/2 | Q 3/4 | q - 5 | _lb_ _oz_ | | R 8 | R 2-1/4 | r 3 5 | period 1 - | | S 8 | S 2-1/4 | s 3 6 | comma 1 8 | | T 9 | T 2-1/2 | t 3 12 | colon - 2 | | U 5 | U 1-1/2 | u 2 2 | semi-colon - 3 | | V 3-1/2 | V 1 | v - 14 | hyphen - 9 | | W 7 | W 2 | w 1 10 | apostrophe - 4 | | X 2 | X 3/4 | x - 5 | ! - 2 | | Y 4-1/2 | Y 1-1/4 | y 1 4 | -- - 3 | | Z 2 | Z 1/2 | z - 4 | ( - 2 | | Æ 3/4 | Æ 1/4 | æ - 1 | [ - 1 | | [OE] 3/4 | [OE] 1/4 | [oe] - 1 | ------ | | & 3-1/2 | & 1 | [fi] - 5 | 4 4 | | ------ | ----- | [ff] - 4 | | | 10_lb_ | 3_lb_ | [ffi] - 4 | SPACES AND QUADS | |-----------+------------| [fl] - 3 | _lb_ _oz_ | | | [ffl] - 3 | hair - 2 | | TOTALS _lb_ | ------- | 5-to-em - 10 | | Capitals 10 | 58 12 | 4-to-em 1 - | | Small capitals 3 | | 3-to-em 6 - | | Lower-case 58-3/4 | | en-quad 2 4 | | Figures 4 | | em " 1 10 | | Points 4-1/4 | | 2-em " 4 2 | | Spaces 20 | | 3-em " 4 4 | | and Quads ------- | | ------ | | 100_lb_ | | 20_lb_ | +------------------------+--------------+--------------------+