Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 1
English and American Standards
English and American Standards.
The following valuable comparative table, showing the number of lines to the foot of the various English founts, is from Austin Wood's Typographic. We could give the names of the founders, but as the compiler has not chosen to make them public, we do not do so. « A » to « E » are the five associated foundries, which can be identified by any reader possessing the types and taking the necessary pains. « F » represents the Austin Foundry; and « G » the old American standard.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | |
English | 64 | 64½ | 64 | 64⅜ | 63⅞ | 64⅜ | 63 |
Pica | 71¼ | 71⅞ | 71¾ | 71¼ | 71 | 71¼ | 72 |
Small Pica | 83 | 82⅛ | 82¼ | 82¾ | 82¾ | 82¼ | 82¼ |
Long Primer | 90 | 89 3/16 | 89 | 90½ | 88¾ | 88 7/16 | 89 |
Bourgeois | 101 7/16 | 102 | 101⅜ | 101¾ | 101⅝ | 101 | 102 |
Brevier | 108¼ | 110¼ | 111 | 111 | 110⅜ | 110¼ | 107½ |
Minion | 122 | 122 | 121 5/16 | 121 | 121⅜ | 121⅛ | — |
Nonpareil | 142½ | 143¾ | 143½ | 142½ | 142 | 142½ | 144 |