Nonpareille
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 Nonpareille is a font size in lead type with a cone height of six Didot points , which corresponds to 2.256 mm. The equivalent in six DTP points measures 2.117 mm.
The name Nonpareille means "the incomparable". In the publishing industry, this font size was mainly used for paperback novels, Bibles, and advertisement typesetting. It was considered the smallest permanently legible font size, which also crucially depended on the imprinted typeface. For the first time a nonpareil script appeared in 1490 in a Bible print by Johann Froben in Basel, then again in 1501 in a church manual by a Venetian printer.
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 nonpareil , in Holland Nonparel , in England Nonpearl , Spain Nompareille and Italy Nompariglia .
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
