Phat

James Smith jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM
Fri Feb 17 14:18:26 UTC 2006


"Phat" is the name for a font type.  For example, see:
http://www.fontpool.com/search/phat/page1.html

> Wilson, who was spelling it "phatt" in 1950 ?
>
>   And for everybody else, I've got a couple of
> "phats" from a century ago used by printers. What
> was that about ? ("A phat evening" is one
> collocation.)

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