Perl (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 Perl is a font size in metal type with a cone height of five Didot points , equivalent to 1.88 mm.
The name Perl, like the names of the two smaller font sizes, brilliant and diamond, indicates the preciousness of this fine font. A font of this size was first used in 1627 by Jean Jannon in Sedan, France . To these small typefaces in Handsatz be able to use economically, they were often poured on six-point cone.
A font size of six points ( nonpareille ) is generally considered to be the smallest permanently legible font size. However, there are also printed products with even smaller font sizes. For example, the Pearl Bible was printed consistently using 5-point (Pearl) fonts. Pearl Bibles are still printed today.
In many European countries, font sizes have different names or the same names denote different cone heights. Fonts of this size are called Parisienne in France , Parel in Holland , Pearl in England , Parigina in Italy , Parisienne or Perla in Spain .
See also
literature
- Friedrich Bauer: Handbook for typesetters . Verlag Klimsch & Co, second edition 1905
- J. Bass: The book printer book . Heinrich Plesken Publishing House, 1930