Tertia (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 tertia is a medium font size in lead type with a cone height of 16 Didot points , which corresponds to 6.016 mm. The equivalent in 16 DTP points is 5.644 mm. The double tertia is the size of two tertia cones, i.e. 32 points, that is 12.032 mm, or 32 DTP points, that is 11.289 mm.

The name Tertia , "the third", is derived from the position of the seven letter sizes used in earlier printing works. There was Petit (8 points) as the smallest font, then Corpus (10 points), Cicero (12 points), Mittel (14 points), Tertia (16 points) , Text (20 points) and Canon (36 points). The tertia was the third, counted down from above, and the text was formerly called Secunda , meaning “the second”.

In connection with Antiqua fonts, the tertia is also called Biblia , with Fraktur font Bibelfraktur . This is attributed to Peter Schöffer, who in 1462 printed his Mainz Bible with this type size.

The double tertia is also called the small canon .

In many European countries, font sizes have different names or the same names denote different cone heights. Fonts the size of Tertia are called Gros-Texte (like the "Mittel") in France , Tekst in Holland , Columbian or Great Primer in England , Romana in Spain and Testo in Italy . The size of the double tertia is called Canon in France , Trismegiste in Holland , Double Great Primer in England , Trismegista in Spain and Canone in Italy .

See also

literature

  • Friedrich Bauer: Handbook for typesetters (= Klimsch's graphic library; 8). 10th edition Klimsch, Frankfurt / M. 1941 (EA Frankfurt / M. 1904)
  • Jakob Bass (Ed.): The book printer book . 5th edition Deutscher Fachbuchverlag, Stuttgart 1953 (EA Stuttgart 1930)
  • Fritz Genzmer and Walther Grossmann: The Setter's Book. Brief instruction and handbook for typesetters . 9th edition. Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1967 (EA Berlin 1936).