Concordance (font size)
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 concordance is a font size in lead type with a cone height of 48 Didot points , which corresponds to 18.048 mm or three Cicero . The equivalent in 48 DTP points is 16.9 3 mm, or two thirds of an inch .
Foundries use in lead type , a reference table, the so-called middle table showing a conversion between cone - enables and font sizes on the basis of the German concordance system. It was mainly used to define lines, reglets and bars.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Trapp : Small manual of the dimensions, numbers, weights and the time calculation. Weltbildverlag GmbH, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-86047-249-6