Phat

[James Smith]

Doing a little internet search, it appears "phat" now
mostly refers to fonts that resemble graffiti or
otherwise might fit with the current concept of
"phat".  But my 1977 Webster's Collegiate gives it as
a term for "copy or type matter: susceptible to easy
or rapid setting".

--- James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> "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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