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Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 1

English and German Bodies

English and German Bodies.

The following table of the relative sizes of English and German type bodies, is published by the Inland Printer, with the remark that it is not strictly accurate. As, however, Hr. H. Berthold of Berlin, by whom it is constructed, is one of the most exact of men, and manufactures the most accurately-cut brass-rule for the leading German foundries, his figures so far as the German bodies are concerned, may be accepted without question. Any inaccuracies may be attributed to the varying standards of English houses. The first column of figures shows the equivalent of the body in eighths of pica, the second in Didot point. German names are in italic.

⅛ pica. Didot.
Four-line Pica 32·00 45·00
Grobe Canon 29·90 42·00
Doppel Text 28·48 40·00
Two-line Double Pica 27·75 39·00
Kleine Canon 25·62 36·00
Three-line Pica 24·00 33·75
Two-line Great Primer= Doppel Tertia 21·75 32·00
Doppel Mittel 19·92 28·00
Two-line English 17·95 25·00
Doppel Cicero 17·08 24·00
Two-line Pica 16·00 22·50
Text 14·24 20·00
Double Pica 13·87 19·50
Two-line Long Primer = Doppel Bourgeois 12·81 18·00
Great Primer = Tertia 11·37 16·00
Two-line Brevier 10·32 14·50
Mittel 9·96 14·00
Two-line Minion 9·25 13·00
English 8·97 12·50
Cicero 8·54 12·00
English (small) 8·42 11·84
Pica 8·00 11·25
Pica (American) 7·92 11·19
Brevier 7·83 11·00
Corpus or Garmond 7·12 10·00
Small Pica 6·99 9·75
Long Primer=Bourgeois 6·40 9·00
Bourgeois=Petit 5·69 8·00
Brevier 5·06 7·25
Colonel 4·98 7·00
Minion 4·63 6·50
Emerald 4·48 6·25
Minionette (American) = Nonpareil 4·27 6·00
Emerald (small) 4·21 5·92
Nonpareil 4·00 5·62
Perl 3·56 5·00
Ruby=Agate (American) 3·49 4·82
Pearl 3·20 4·50
Diamant 2·84 4·00
Four-to pica 2·00 2·81
Six-to-pica 1·33 1·87
Eight-to-pica 1·00 1·40