SOME ENGLISH NAMES OF TYPES
Reading edition
WITH EXAMPLES OF THEIR RELATIVE SIZES
Double Pica:
The Clarendon
Great Primer:
The Clarendon Pre
English:
The Clarendon Press Ox
Pica:
The Clarendon Press, Oxfo
Small Pica:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford,
Long Primer:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, w
Bourgeois:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, was n
Brevier:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, was na
Minion:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, was named
Emerald:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, was named
Minion-Nonpareil:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, was named a
Nonpareil:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, was named after
Ruby-Nonpareil:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, was named after
Ruby:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, was named after the
Pearl:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, was named after the E
Small Pearl:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, was named after the Earl of
Diamond:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, was named after the Earl of Clarendo
Brilliant:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, was named after the Earl of Clarendon.
Long Primer Italic:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford, was
Black-letter:
The Clarendon Press,
Egyptian:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford,
Antique, modern face:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford,
Antique, old face:
The Clarendon Press, Oxford,
Grotesque:
The Clarendon Press, Oxfo
The following is a list of type-bodies in more common use, the first column giving the name of the English type-body, and the second its designation under the American point-system.
English American
Pearl 5 point
Ruby 5½ ”
Nonpareil 6 ”
Minion 7 ”
Brevier 8 ”
Bourgeois 9 ”
Long Primer 10 ”
Small Pica 11 ”
Pica 12 ”