Rhinelander (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 Rhinelander or Breviary is a medium font size in lead type with a cone height of eleven Didot points , which corresponds to 4.136 mm. The equivalent in eleven DTP points measures 3.881 mm.
The name Rhinelander is derived from the earlier name Maintzer , which indicates that this font was assigned to the Rhineland. It was also called Descendiain , this name stands for a ten-point script in Dutch today.
Breviary or, as in a list of scriptures from 1693, Previer is probably derived from the fact that a breviary (prayer book for Catholic clergy) was first printed with it.
This font size had already disappeared in Germany at the end of the 19th century, but it was found in almost all other European countries.
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 Cicéro , in Holland Mediaan , in England Small Pica , Spain Lectura chica and Italy Filisofia .
See also
literature
- Friedrich Bauer: Handbook for typesetters . 2nd revised edition. Klimsch & Co., Frankfurt am Main 1905, ( Klimsch's Graphic Library 8).
- J. Bass: The book printer book. Handbook for printers and allied trades . Heinrich Plesken, Stuttgart 1930.
- Fritz Genzmer and Walther Grossmann: The Setter's Book . Gutenberg Berlin publishing house, 1939