I am always willing to have my best bought out - if the price is right :laughing6:I know that this is not a Thailand thread but I must say I do find this, all that precedes (sic) it and semantics) interesting and it has anyway brought (bought LOL) out the best in Forum members.
"Font" is an archaic term meaning "fount," and both derive from Latin "fons, fontis" meaning "spring." Font is thus closer to the original Latin term. when used as "font of information" or "font of honor."Originally Posted by drfrost3
"Font" for a typeface derives from "fonte" which is turn is cognate with "fondue" or something that has between melted. Printers sometimes use "fount," too.
And while we're in this mood, the 'seperate from' of drfrost3's post should be 'separate from'.
And, while we're at it, "etc" - being an abbeviation, not to mention being placed at the end of the sentence - needs a full stop / period placed after it.
"The fruits of peace and tranquility... are the greatest goods... while those of its opposite, strife, are unbearable evils. Hence we ought to wish for peace, to seek it if we do not already have it, to conserve it once it is attained, and to repel with all our strength the strife which is opposed to it. To this end individual[s]... and in even greater degree groups and communities are obliged to help one another... from the bond or law of human society." [Marsilio dei Mainardini (c.1275-1342), Defensor Pacis]
Current standard practice says so, but it's not universally observed. Clearly you could understand what was meant without such a usage
Seperate was a typo - mea culpa
As you say, etc is an abbreviation and as with all abbreviations should not normally take a full stop. However you are correct in that, if it ends a sentence, it should be followed by a full stop.
Forgive me for my split infinitive!
The fear of infinitive splitting comes from Latin and Romance roots. English grammar comes from Old Norse. By Odin or Wotan; we have a duty to resolutely split infinitives.
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