Re: The Length of Perl

From /usr/share/units.dat:

# German type sizes  

nonplusultra            2 didotpoint
brillant                3 didotpoint
diamant                 4 didotpoint
perl                    5 didotpoint
nonpareille             6 didotpoint
kolonel                 7 didotpoint
petit                   8 didotpoint   
borgis                  9 didotpoint
korpus                  10 didotpoint
corpus                  korpus
garamond                korpus
mittel                  14 didotpoint
tertia                  16 didotpoint
text                    18 didotpoint
kleine_kanon            32 didotpoint
kanon                   36 didotpoint
grobe_kanon             42 didotpoint
missal                  48 didotpoint
kleine_sabon            72 didotpoint
grobe_sabon             84 didotpoint
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Re: Re: The Length of Perl by jdtoronto (Prior) on Feb 12, 2004 at 15:36 UTC
Interesting Abigail-II, I will add that list to the list I have in my own notes. Typesetting and Typography have been my passion since teenage years. Whilst I claim no authority for this list, other than the fact that I have it, it might seem that the namings of the Anglo-Saxon point sizes use a different spelling for Pearl. Pearl 5 point Nonpareil 6 point Minion 7 point Brevier 8 point Bourgeois 9 point Long Primer 10 point Small Pica 11 point Pica 12 point English 14 point Two Line Brevier 16 point Great Primer 18 point Paragon 20 point Double small Pica 22 point Double Pica 24 point Double English 28 point Four line Brevier 32 point Double Great Primer 36 point Canon 48 point Of course 1 perl = 5 * 0.3759mm = 1.8795mm (the Didot point is 1/72 of the French Royal Inch which was 27.07mm) whereas... 1 pearl = 5 * 0.3514598mm = 1.7573mm (The ATA or Anglo-Saxon point is a little smaller). Of course, the now common in digital typesetting Postscript point is 1/72 of an inch, or approximately 0.3528mm, just to confuse the issue. jdtoronto	[reply]

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Re: Re: The Length of Perl
by jdtoronto (Prior) on Feb 12, 2004 at 15:36 UTC

Abigail-II

Pearl                 5 point 
Nonpareil             6 point 
Minion                7 point 
Brevier               8 point 
Bourgeois             9 point 
Long Primer          10 point 
Small Pica           11 point 
Pica                 12 point 
English              14 point 
Two Line Brevier     16 point 
Great Primer         18 point 
Paragon              20 point 
Double small Pica    22 point 
Double Pica          24 point 
Double English       28 point 
Four line Brevier    32 point 
Double Great Primer  36 point 
Canon                48 point

1 pearl = 5 * 0.3514598mm = 1.7573mm (The ATA or Anglo-Saxon point is a little smaller).

Of course, the now common in digital typesetting Postscript point is 1/72 of an inch, or approximately 0.3528mm, just to confuse the issue.

jdtoronto

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