Text (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 text is a font size in lead type with a cone height of 20 Didot points , which corresponds to 7.52 mm. The equivalent in 20 DTP points is 7.056 mm.

The name Text is related to the type size of the first Gutenberg Bibles . Letters in roughly 20-point font were used as text font.

The name Secunda also appears in old sources , it is derived from its position in 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). So, counting down from the top, text was “the second” font size.

Font sizes have different names in many European countries, or the same names denote different heights of the cone. Fonts of this size are called Petit Paragnon in France , Paragon in Holland , Two Line Long Primer in England , Gran Paragon in Spain and Ascendonica in Italy .

literature

  • Friedrich Bauer: Handbook for typesetters . Verlag Klimsch & Co, second edition 1905
  • J. Bass: The book printer book . Heinrich Plesken Publishing House, 1930
  • Fritz Genzmer and Walther Grossmann: The Setter's Book . Gutenberg Berlin publishing house, 1939