Corpus (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 corpus , older Corpus , in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland Garmond , is a font size in lead type with a cone height of ten Didot points , which corresponds to 3.76 mm. The equivalent in ten DTP points is 3.528 mm.

The name Korpus or Corpus comes from the fact that the Corpus Juris is said to have been printed with it for the first time. When and where is not clear. In the more southern German-speaking areas, the name Garmond was associated with an honor for the French die cutter Claude Garamond . In the first half of the 16th century he edited typefaces for the printer and publisher Robert Estienne .

In many European countries, font sizes have different names or the same names denote different cone heights. Writings of this size are called in France philosophy , in Holland Dessendiaan , in England Long primer , Spain Entredos or Filisofia and Italy Garamona .

See also

literature

  • Friedrich Bauer: Handbook for typesetters , Verlag Klimsch & Co, second edition 1905
  • J. Bass: Das Buchdrucker-Buch , Verlag Heinrich Plesken, 1930
  • Fritz Genzmer, Walther Großmann: The typesetter's book , Gutenberg Berlin publishing house, 1939
  • Leo Davidshofer, Walter Zerbe: Typesetting technology and design , Bildungsverband Schweizerischer Buchdrucker, 1961