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1. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)

fontology
 n.

    [XEROX PARC] The body of knowledge dealing with the construction and use of
    new fonts (e.g., for window systems and typesetting software). It has been
    said that fontology recapitulates file-ogeny.

    [Unfortunately, this reference to the embryological dictum that ?Ontogeny
    recapitulates phylogeny? is not merely a joke. On the Macintosh, for
    example, System 7 has to go through contortions to compensate for an
    earlier design error that created a whole different set of abstractions for
    fonts parallel to ?files? and ?folders? ?ESR]

2. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

fontology

   (XEROX PARC) The body of knowledge dealing with the
   construction and use of new fonts (e.g. for window systems
   and typesetting software).  It has been said that fontology
   recapitulates file-ogeny.

   Unfortunately, this reference to the embryological dictum
   that "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" is not merely a joke.
   On the Macintosh, for example, System 7 has to go through
   contortions to compensate for an earlier design error that
   created a whole different set of abstractions for fonts
   parallel to "files" and "folders" - ESR

   [Jargon File]

   (1994-12-01)

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