Insertio (font size)

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Non Plus Ultra (2 point)

Microscopique (2.5 points)

Brilliant (3 point)

Diamond (4 point)

Pearl (5 point)

Nonpareille (6 points)

Insertio (6.5 points)

Colonel (7 point)

Petit (8 point)

Borgis (9 point)

Body (10 point)

Rhinelander (11 points)

Cicero (12 point)

Medium (14 points)

Tertia (16 point)

Paragon (18 points)

Text (20 points)

Canon (36 points)

Concordance (48 points)

Sabon (60 points)

The insertio is a rarer font size in lead type with a cone height of six and a half Didot points , which corresponds to 2.444 mm. The six and a half DTP point equivalent measures 2.293 mm.

The name Insertio is derived from the old term insertion , which means "newspaper advertisement" or "advertisement". This special size appeared in Germany in the 1920s and was usually produced by line casting machines. It only appeared occasionally, and then only in the advertising section of daily newspapers.

In many European countries, font sizes have different names or the same names denote different cone heights. This font size was a German peculiarity; the Minion fonts in England and America correspond to it metrically with seven English points.

See also

literature

  • Friedrich Bauer: Handbook for typesetters . 2nd revised edition. Klimsch & Co., Frankfurt am Main 1905, ( Klimsch's Graphic Library 8).
  • J. Bass: The book printer book. Handbook for printers and allied trades . Heinrich Plesken, Stuttgart 1930.
  • Fritz Genzmer, Walther Grossmann: The Setter's Book. Brief instruction and manual for typesetters . Gutenberg, Berlin 1939.