So I got some type in an on line purchase. What I got was single letters in three or four font sizes and spacers. All have a rounded groove in the back. Ah, thinks I, foundry type! But some doubt remains, based on comments from wiser heads than me here, plus other reading I've done.
Talking it over with some members here, I try my LBT hardness tester on the type. The readings I get are all over the place, including different parts of the same piece of type, and none of the readings are close to the BHN for mono or foundry, and many are below 10. This is on multiple pieces for each of the fonts.
I will send samples out for XRF, but has anybody else had this experience?