With an 8A-10a font there are of course twice as many of each capital letter as in a 4A font while of the lower case letters, which means the small ones, there are 10 a’s and the number of the others are in proportion to their use, thus:
AN 8A-10a FONT
| a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | |
| No. of letters to font | 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Styles of Type.
—For card work you want a plain block letter font like that shown at [A], a script like [B], or an old English like that shown at [C].
For envelopes, bill, letter head and other job work three fonts of engraved plate style as shown at [D, E and F] will give good results.
| 23A | $1.00 | |
| A | THEODORE ROOSEVELT | 1234567890 |
| 8A 24a | $4.50 | |
| B | Miss Alice Verlet | 123456789 |
| 11A 34a | $2.50 | |
| C | Lieut. John Hodder Stuart | 123456789 |
| 22A | $1.00 | |
| D | ENGRAVED CARD STYLE IS PREFERRED | 52468 |
| 16A | $1.05 | |
| E | HANDSOME ENGRAVED EFFECTS | 123 |
| A16 | $1.25 | |
| F | ENGRAVED PLATE STYLE | 140 |
For circulars you should have several fonts of different styles of type as shown at [G, H, I, J and K].