Canon (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 canon is a type size in lead type with a cone height of 36 Didot points , which corresponds to 13,538 mm. It corresponds to three cicero . The equivalent in 36 DTP points is 12.7 mm, or half an inch .

The name canon goes back to the traditional typesetting of the central part of the missal of the Catholic Church , which bears the name canon (see  Prayer ).

  • Small canon or double tertia = 32 points or 12.034 millimeters
  • Canon or 3 Cicero = 36 points or 13,538 millimeters
  • Rough canon = 42 points or 15.795 millimeters

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wolfgang Trapp : Small handbook of measures, numbers, weights and the calculation of time. Weltbildverlag GmbH, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-86047-249-6 , p. 268.