in reply to Re: The Length of Perl
in thread The Length of Perl
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 pointOf 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.
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