I think base are the basic TeX fonts, probably Computer Modern and Latin
Modern. Third is third-party.

Best,
Mica


On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:14 PM, john Culleton <John@wexfordpress.com>wrote:

> I note that in texlive 2013 the typescripts are found in two
> subdirectories, "base" and "third".  Is there a reason for this
> subdivision or is it just an accident of history?
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