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Type sizes (anglo world)

Written by Luc Devroye
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
lucdevroye@gmail.com
http://luc.devroye.org
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Type sizes (approximately) in the anglo world, since Caxton:

Pearl5 point
Nonpareil6 point
Minion7 point
Brevier8 point
Bourgeois9 point
Long Primer10 point
Small Pica11 point
Pica12 point
English14 point
Two Line Brevier16 point
Great Primer18 point
Paragon20 point
Double small Pica22 point
Double Pica24 point
Double English28 point
Four line Brevier32 point
Double Great Primer36 point
Canon48 point

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