This page shows some schemes for founts of metal type, for languages that are not English. The figures give the number of types for each character, within either an overall quantity, or weight. How the type fits into a case is shown either as Quantity in a Case, or as one of the many Type Lays available.
Schemes for English distributions are shown as a separate page.Where appropriate below, † represents a single dagger, f represents long s, — represents an em rule, and ' an apostrophe.
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German Distribution for 100kg Korpus Antiqua |
(Genzmer: Das Buch des Setzers, Frankfurt 1961. Quantities are numbers of type) |
a | 3000 | | s | 3300 | | à | 100 | | A | 400 | | S | 500 | | 1 | 500 | | . | 1500 |
b | 1000 | | ß | 300 | | á | 30 | | B | 350 | | T | 300 | | 2 | 450 | | , | 2000 |
c | 1900 | | t | 3300 | | â | 40 | | C | 200 | | U | 200 | | 3 | 450 | | - | 1000 |
d | 3000 | | u | 2300 | | è | 80 | | D | 350 | | V | 280 | | 4 | 400 | | : | 200 |
e | 10500 | | v | 550 | | é | 200 | | E | 300 | | W | 300 | | 5 | 450 | | ; | 200 |
f | 900 | | w | 900 | | ê | 40 | | F | 250 | | X | 120 | | 6 | 400 | | ! | 200 |
g | 1800 | | x | 250 | | ë | 40 | | G | 350 | | Y | 60 | | 7 | 400 | | ? | 200 |
h | 3000 | | y | 200 | | ì | 30 | | H | 300 | | Z | 200 | | 8 | 400 | | ' | 200 |
i | 4600 | | z | 700 | | í | 30 | | I | 400 | | Ä | 80 | | 9 | 450 | | * | 150 |
j | 250 | | ä | 400 | | î | 30 | | J | 150 | | Ö | 60 | | 0 | 500 | | † | 60 |
k | 700 | | ö | 250 | | ï | 40 | | K | 300 | | Ü | 100 | | | | | § | 100 |
l | 2100 | | ü | 450 | | ò | 30 | | L | 250 | | Æ | 20 | | | | | ( | 250 |
m | 1500 | | ff | 150 | | ó | 30 | | M | 300 | | OE | 20 | | | | | [ | 100 |
n | 6400 | | fi | 100 | | ô | 40 | | N | 200 | | È | 30 | | | | | » | 250 |
o | 1300 | | fl | 100 | | ù | 30 | | O | 200 | | É | 30 | | | | | — | 200 |
p | 500 | | æ | 30 | | ú | 30 | | P | 250 | | Ê | 20 | | | | | & | 80 |
q | 200 | | oe | 30 | | û | 30 | | Q | 60 | | Ë | 20 | | | | | | | |
r | 5000 | | | | | ç | 30 | | R | 250 | | Ç | 20 | | | | | | | |
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German Distribution for 100kg Korpus Fraktur |
(Genzmer: Das Buch des Setzers, Frankfurt 1961. Quantities are numbers of type) |
a | 3500 | | s | 1050 | | ff | 200 | | A | 450 | | S | 570 | | 1 | 500 | | . | 1700 |
b | 1150 | | f | 1850 | | fi | 120 | | B | 400 | | T | 350 | | 2 | 450 | | , | 2100 |
c | 200 | | t | 3300 | | fl | 120 | | C | 170 | | U | 230 | | 3 | 450 | | - | 1100 |
d | 3500 | | u | 2650 | | ll | 340 | | D | 400 | | V | 230 | | 4 | 400 | | : | 220 |
e | 12000 | | v | 600 | | ch | 1900 | | E | 300 | | W | 330 | | 5 | 450 | | ; | 220 |
f | 1050 | | w | 1050 | | ck | 200 | | F | 280 | | X | 60 | | 6 | 400 | | ! | 220 |
g | 2000 | | x | 200 | | fi | 340 | | G | 400 | | Y | 60 | | 7 | 400 | | ? | 220 |
h | 1400 | | y | 200 | | ff | 220 | | H | 350 | | Z | 230 | | 8 | 400 | | ' | 220 |
i | 5000 | | z | 800 | | ft | 820 | | I | 150 | | Ä | 90 | | 9 | 450 | | * | 150 |
j | 300 | | ä | 460 | | fz | 350 | | J | 150 | | Ö | 70 | | 0 | 500 | | † | 70 |
k | 700 | | ö | 280 | | tz | 200 | | K | 350 | | Ü | 110 | | | | | § | 100 |
l | 1950 | | ü | 500 | | | | | L | 280 | | | | | | | | ( | 280 |
m | 1700 | | | | | | | | M | 350 | | | | | | | | [ | 100 |
n | 7300 | | | | | | | | N | 230 | | | | | | | | » | 280 |
o | 1500 | | | | | | | | O | 230 | | | | | | | | — | 250 |
p | 580 | | | | | | | | P | 230 | | | | | | | | & | 100 |
q | 200 | | | | | | | | Q | 60 | | | | | | | | | | |
r | 5700 | | | | | | | | R | 280 | | | | | | | | | | |
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French Distribution for 100,000 characters (400lb of 12pt) |
(Lefevre: Guide Practique de Compositeur d'Imprimerie, Paris 1880. Quantities are numbers of type) |
a | 5000 | | s | 6500 | | à | 500 | | A | 300 | | S | 300 | | A | 200 | | S | 200 | | 1 | 300 | | . | 1500 |
b | 1000 | | t | 5500 | | â | 250 | | B | 150 | | T | 300 | | B | 100 | | T | 200 | | 2 | 200 | | , | 2000 |
c | 2500 | | u | 5000 | | é | 1500 | | C | 250 | | U | 250 | | C | 150 | | U | 175 | | 3 | 200 | | - | 1000 |
d | 3000 | | v | 1000 | | è | 500 | | D | 250 | | V | 200 | | D | 200 | | V | 125 | |
4 | 200 | | : | 200 |
e | 11000 | | x | 500 | | ê | 300 | | E | 450 | | X | 75 | | E | 350 | | X | 75 | |
5 | 200 | | ; | 300 |
f | 1000 | | y | 300 | | ë | 50 | | F | 150 | | Y | 50 | | F | 100 | | Y | 50 | |
6 | 200 | | ! | 100 |
g | 1000 | | z | 300 | | î | 150 | | G | 150 | | Z | 50 | | G | 100 | | Z | 50 | |
7 | 200 | | ? | 100 |
h | 1000 | | ç | 100 | | ï | 50 | | H | 150 | | AE | 25 | | H | 100 | | AE | 25 | |
8 | 200 | | ' | 1000 |
i | 5500 | | ae | 50 | | ô | 150 | | I | 300 | | OE | 25 | | I | 250 | | OE | 25 | |
9 | 200 | | * | 50 |
j | 500 | | oe | 100 | | ù | 250 | | J | 100 | | W | 25 | | J | 100 | | W | 25 | |
0 | 300 | | § | 50 |
k | 100 | | w | 50 | | û | 150 | | K | 25 | | Ç | 25 | | K | 25 | | Ç | 25 | |
| | | ( | 150 |
l | 4500 | | fi | 350 | | ü | 50 | | L | 300 | | É | 100 | | L | 200 | | É | 75 | |
e | 100 | | [ | 50 |
m | 2500 | | fl | 150 | | | | | M | 200 | | È | 75 | | M | 150 | | È | 50 | |
l | 100 | | » | 300 |
n | 5000 | | | | | | | | N | 250 | | Ê | 25 | | N | 200 | | Ê | 25 | |
m | 100 | | — | 200 |
o | 4500 | | | | | | | | O | 300 | | | | | O | 200 | | | | |
n | 100 | | | |
p | 2000 | | | | | | | | P | 200 | | | | | P | 150 | | | | |
r | 100 | | | |
q | 1200 | | | | | | | | Q | 150 | | | | | Q | 100 | | | | |
s | 100 | | | |
r | 5500 | | | | | | | | R | 300 | | | | | R | 200 | | | | |
t | 100 | | | |
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Italian Distribution for 100,000 characters |
(Legros & Grant: Typographical Printing Surfaces, London 1916. Quantities are numbers of type) |
a | 7550 | | s | 4800 | | à | 400 | | A | 300 | | S | 240 | | A | 150 | | S | 120 | | 1 | 450 | | . | 1200 |
b | 1400 | | t | 5250 | | è | 500 | | B | 160 | | T | 240 | | B | 80 | | T | 120 | | 2 | 450 | | , | 1200 |
c | 3200 | | u | 2900 | | ì | 200 | | C | 200 | | U | 180 | | C | 100 | | U | 90 | | 3 | 400 | | - | 750 |
d | 2800 | | v | 1800 | | ò | 400 | | D | 200 | | V | 200 | | D | 100 | | V | 100 | |
4 | 400 | | : | 200 |
e | 7750 | | w | 200 | | ù | 350 | | E | 300 | | W | 60 | | E | 150 | | W | 30 | |
5 | 400 | | ; | 200 |
f | 950 | | x | 300 | | | | | F | 150 | | X | 200 | | F | 75 | | X | 100 | |
6 | 400 | | ! | 100 |
g | 1400 | | y | 200 | | | | | G | 150 | | Y | 40 | | G | 75 | | Y | 20 | |
7 | 400 | | ? | 100 |
h | 1000 | | z | 1100 | | | | | H | 100 | | Z | 200 | | H | 50 | | Z | 100 | |
8 | 400 | | ' | 1200 |
i | 7900 | | ff | 200 | | | | | I | 480 | | À | 40 | | I | 240 | | À | 20 | |
9 | 400 | | \ | 600 |
j | 200 | | fi | 400 | | | | | J | 60 | | È | 60 | | J | 30 | | È | 30 | |
0 | 450 | | ( | 400 |
k | 300 | | fl | 200 | | | | | K | 60 | | Ì | 40 | | K | 30 | | Ì | 20 | |
| | | * | 100 |
l | 5750 | | | | | | | | L | 300 | | Ò | 40 | | L | 150 | | Ò | 20 | | | | | † | 100 |
m | 1700 | | | | | | | | M | 180 | | Ù | 40 | | M | 90 | | Ù | 20 | |
| | | — | 300 |
n | 4900 | | | | | | | | N | 200 | | | | | N | 100 | | | | |
| | | & | 100 |
o | 6750 | | | | | | | | O | 360 | | | | | O | 180 | | | | |
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p | 2700 | | | | | | | | P | 180 | | | | | P | 90 | | | | |
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q | 1000 | | | | | | | | Q | 100 | | | | | Q | 50 | | | | |
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r | 4900 | | | | | | | | R | 240 | | | | | R | 120 | | | | |
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Spanish Distribution for 100,000 characters |
(Legros & Grant: Typographical Printing Surfaces, London 1916. Quantities are numbers of type) |
a | 5550 | | s | 5650 | | á | 480 | | A | 430 | | S | 480 | | A | 430 | | S | 380 | | 1 | 450 | | . | 2700 |
b | 930 | | t | 4100 | | ã | 90 | | B | 280 | | T | 360 | | B | 280 | | T | 210 | | 2 | 450 | | , | 2700 |
c | 2460 | | u | 4860 | | ç | 20 | | C | 330 | | U | 480 | | C | 370 | | U | 240 | | 3 | 400 | | - | 2140 |
d | 2970 | | v | 900 | | é | 430 | | D | 520 | | V | 430 | | D | 460 | | V | 140 | |
4 | 400 | | : | 710 |
e | 7360 | | x | 310 | | í | 430 | | E | 570 | | X | 240 | | E | 570 | | X | 70 | |
5 | 400 | | ; | 860 |
f | 900 | | y | 580 | | ó | 430 | | F | 280 | | Y | 280 | | F | 220 | | Y | 70 | |
6 | 400 | | ! | 380 |
g | 910 | | z | 280 | | õ | 100 | | G | 280 | | Z | 140 | | G | 220 | | Z | 70 | |
7 | 400 | | ? | 380 |
h | 910 | | w | 40 | | ú | 360 | | H | 140 | | W | 35 | | H | 110 | | W | 35 | |
8 | 400 | | ' | 70 |
i | 5240 | | æ | 45 | | ü | 100 | | I | 280 | | Æ | 40 | | I | 330 | | Æ | 20 | |
9 | 400 | | « | 620 |
j | 460 | | œ | 35 | | | | | J | 160 | | Œ | 30 | | J | 180 | | Œ | 15 | |
0 | 450 | | ( | 500 |
k | 70 | | ff | 70 | | | | | K | 70 | | Á | 35 | | K | 35 | | Á | 35 | |
| | | = | 140 |
l | 2740 | | fi | 280 | | | | | L | 360 | | Ç | 15 | | L | 360 | | Ç | 15 | | a | 100 | | * | 70 |
m | 1840 | | fl | 140 | | | | | M | 280 | | É | 35 | | M | 280 | | É | 35 | |
o | 100 | | † | 70 |
n | 4140 | | ñ | 200 | | | | | N | 280 | | Í | 35 | | N | 280 | | Í | 35 | |
| | | § | 70 |
o | 4650 | | | | | | | | O | 380 | | Ó | 35 | | O | 360 | | Ó | 35 | |
| | | — | 280 |
p | 1570 | | | | | | | | P | 260 | | Ú | 20 | | P | 280 | | Ú | 30 | |
| | | & | 100 |
q | 1850 | | | | | | | | Q | 240 | | Ñ | 100 | | Q | 240 | | Ñ | 80 | |
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r | 4240 | | | | | | | | R | 330 | | | | | R | 360 | | | | |
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Hebrew Unpointed Distribution |
(Legros & Grant, Typographical Printing Surfaces) (London 1916) | | (Jerusalem Type Foundry (24pt)) (by Y. Miklaf 2001) |
Aleph | 70 | | | | | Aleph | 30 | | | | | . | 13 |
Beth | 20 | | | Beth | 18 | | | , | 11 |
Gimel | 21 | | | Gimel | 8 | | | : | 5 |
Daleth | 32 | | | Daleth | 14 | | | ; | 4 |
He | 73 | | | He | 34 | | | ! | 3 |
Vau | 84 | | | Vau | 56 | | | ? | 3 |
Zayin | 21 | | | Zayin | 7 | | | ( | 3 |
Cheth | 35 | | | Cheth | 15 | | | ) | 3 |
Teth | 14 | | | Teth | 6 | | | { | 3 |
Yod | 77 | | | Yod | 50 | | | } | 3 |
Kaph | 56 | final | 11 | Kaph | 16 | | | ' | 3 |
Lamedh | 70 | | | Lamedh | 22 | | | " | 3 |
Mem | 56 | final | 21 | Mem | 24 | final | 15 | - | 4 |
Nun | 35 | final | 17 | Nun | 16 | final | 7 | \ | 4 |
Samech | 15 | | | Samech | 8 | | | 0 | 5 |
Ayin | 32 | | | Ayin | 17 | | | 1 | 5 |
Pe | 14 | final | 10 | Pe | 8 | final | 5 | 2 | 5 |
Tzadde | 11 | final | 10 | Tzadde | 8 | final | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Koph | 13 | | | Koph | 8 | | | 4 | 5 |
Resh | 42 | | | Resh | 23 | | | 5 | 5 |
Sin | 84 | | | Sin | 25 | | | 6 | 5 |
Tau | 20 | | | Tau | 20 | | | 7 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | 8 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | 9 | 5 |
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Russian Distribution for 100,000 characters |
(Legros & Grant, Typographical Printing Surfaces, London 1916) |
Name | l.c. | cap | s.c. | | Name | l.c. | cap | s.c. | | Figures | | Points |
A | 3900 | 410 | 100 | Es | 3800 | 340 | 90 | 1 | 720 | . | 2000 |
Be | 1300 | 250 | 70 | Te | 3800 | 340 | | 2 | 660 | , | 2800 |
Ve | 3800 | 410 | | U | 1700 | 210 | 60 | 3 | 600 | ; | 280 |
Ge | 1000 | 250 | | Ef | 420 | 90 | | 4 | 600 | : | 280 |
De | 2100 | 250 | | Kha | 680 | 210 | | 5 | 600 | - | 1440 |
Ye | 6200 | 480 | 120 | Tse | 680 | 210 | | 6 | 600 | ! | 200 |
Zhe | 700 | 210 | | Che | 1200 | 210 | | 7 | 600 | ? | 200 |
Ze | 750 | 210 | | Sha | 680 | 210 | | 8 | 600 | ' | 240 |
I | 3800 | 250 | | Shcha | 550 | 170 | | 9 | 600 | \ | 400 |
Yot | 1200 | 170 | | Jer | 3000 | 250 | | 0 | 720 | ( | 240 |
short I | 850 | 170 | 40 | Yery | 1300 | 170 | | | | [ | 120 |
Ka | 2500 | 250 | | Yeri | 1200 | 170 | | Accents | * | 160 |
El | 3000 | 340 | | Yat | 1900 | 170 | 40 | ë | 420 | † | 80 |
Em | 2500 | 250 | | E | 550 | 130 | | Ë | 70 | § | 80 |
En | 6300 | 500 | | Yu | 680 | 170 | | Ë | 20 | — | 440 |
O | 6400 | 500 | | Ya | 1500 | 250 | | | | | |
Pe | 2100 | 250 | | Fita | 130 | 60 | | | | | |
Er | 2500 | 340 | 90 | Izhitsa | 80 | 20 | | | | | |
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Dutch Distribution for display sizes |
(Stichting Lettergieten 1983, Westzaan 2000. Quantities are numbers of type) |
a | 12 | | n | 14 | | ç | 2 | | A | 8 | | N | 10 | | 1 | 3 | | . | 10 |
b | 12 | o | 12 | ff | 2 | B | 6 | O | 8 | 2 | 3 | , | 4 |
c | 5 | p | 4 | fi | 2 | C | 6 | P | 5 | 3 | 3 | - | 4 |
d | 12 | q | 2 | fl | 2 | D | 8 | Q | 2 | 4 | 3 | : | 4 |
e | 26 | r | 12 | ffi | 2 | E | 16 | R | 8 | 5 | 3 | ; | 4 |
f | 5 | s | 9 | ffl | 2 | F | 5 | S | 7 | 6 | 3 | ! | 4 |
g | 6 | t | 10 | ij | 6 | G | 5 | T | 8 | 7 | 3 | ? | 4 |
h | 6 | u | 6 | ae | 1 | H | 5 | U | 7 | 8 | 3 | ' | 4 |
i | 10 | v | 6 | oe | 1 | I | 9 | V | 6 | 9 | 4 | & | 2 |
j | 4 | w | 4 | | | J | 7 | W | 6 | 0 | 3 | — | 3 |
k | 6 | x | 2 | Ç | 2 | K | 6 | X | 3 | | | ( | 4 |
l | 8 | y | 4 | AE | 1 | L | 7 | Y | 3 | | | | |
m | 6 | z | 4 | OE | 1 | M | 7 | Z | 4 | | | | |
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It is interesting to note the differences in the order of frequency of the characters. Thus for the lower case:
e n d a o r t i s g h l k m u v b c z w ij f p j y x q (Dutch distribution for a 4500a fount)
e n a b d o r i t s l g h m u v ij c f k j p w y z q x (Dutch distribution for 12a fount, Stichting Lettergieten 2001)
e s t a n r i u o l d p c m v q b g f h x y j z k w (French distribution within 18,000 ens of Cicéro, Lefevre 1880)
e s i r t a n u l o d c m p q b f g h v j x y z k w (French distribution for a 5000a fount, Lefevre 1880)
e n r i s t a d h u l c g m o b f w k z v p ß j x q y (German Antiqua distribution for 3000a fount, Genzmer 1961)
e n r i a d t u g l f m o h b f s w z k v p j c q x y (German Fraktur distribution for 3500a fount, Genzmer 1961)
i e a o l t n r s c u d p v m b g z h q f k x j w y (Italian distribution for a 7550a fount, Legros & Grant 1916)
e s a i u o r n t d l c q m p b g h f v y j x z ñ k w (Spanish distribution for a 5550a fount, Legros & Grant 1916)
and contrast these with various schemes for English:
e a i n o r s t c d h l m u b f g p w y j k v q x z (Stephenson Blake 1989)
e a i n o r s c d h l m u b f g p t w y j k v q x z (Startype 1979)
e t a i n o s r h d l u c m f p w y b g v k j q x z (Monotype 1970s)
e a i n o r s t h l d c f m u b g p w y j k v q x z (Riscatype 1960s)
e t a o i s n u h r l w m c f d y g p b v k j z x q (Intertype 1930s)
e a i n o r s t h l d c m u b f g p w y j k v q x z (Southward iro ATF 1933)
e t a i n o s r h d l u c f m w y p b g v k q j x z (Southward 1887)
e t a i n o s h r d l u c m f w y g p b v k q j x z (MacKellar 1870)
e t a i n o s h r d l u c m f w y g p b v k j x q z (Savage 1841, from Caslon)
e t a i n o s h r d l u c m f w y g p b v k q j x z (Hansard 1825)
e a s i o t r n d l u h c m w y p g f b v k q j x z (Stanhope c1800)
e a t o h n r d i l f s m u w y c g b p v k x j q z (Smith 1755 improved)
e a t h i n o r d l m s u c f b g p w y k v j q x z (Smith 1755 traditional)
but note that ligatures and accented letters can make a difference, ie MacKellar has fi equal to q and ff equal to x (and above z). Hansard has fi equal to q, ff to j, fl to z (and é above z, and à â ê equal to z). Smith also includes long s ligatures in his schemes, which for example would move s above i in his traditional scheme, if the fount had no ligatures. The Dutch scheme has ij as shown, but also é above y and ó à è fl ä ö ü fi í ì above x and ò û â above q. Similarly, in the French scheme, é is above p, fi above y, fl and ç above k, etc., but also note how few k and w were in use at that time. In the German Antiqua scheme, ü and ä are above j and ö is above q and in the Fraktur scheme, ü and ä are above j and ö is above c. Italian has è à ò fi ò above k and Spanish has á above j and é í ó ú above x and fi above ñ.
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