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A diamond (from French brillant - brilliant ) is a typographic font , size (size) of which is 3 points ^{[3] [4]} . The smallest of fonts. It is used extremely rarely, mainly for printing super indexes (index index) in formulas.

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Size of Diamond in different printing systems:

Diamant (semi-petit) (from German diamant - diamond ) is a very small typographic font , the size (size) of which is 4 points (~ 1.41 mm in the Pica system; ~ 1.5 mm in the Dido system). This size is used quite rarely (only in special types of publications or for headings). ^[five]

Initially, the name of the diamond was a font size of 3 points. This font, cast in silver, printed “Fables” by I. A. Krylov (1855). It was the smallest book printed in pre-revolutionary Russia. Later, this font was called the Diamond , and the font became a diamond in 4 points. ^[6]

Size of a diamond in different printing systems:

Pearl (pearl, pearl) (from French perle - pearl) is a typographic font, size (size) of which is 5 points (~ 1.88 mm). This size is used quite rarely (only in special types of publications or for headings). ^[7]

The name has developed historically and is now almost never used in printing production. It is used most often just the size of the size.

For the first time, a font of this size was used in 1627 by the French printer Jean Jeannon from the city of Sedan .

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Pearl sizes in different printing systems:

Agat (agate, ruby) is a typographic font, the size of which is 5.5 points ^[8] . It is used extremely rarely, mainly in the USA . Also used to clarify the reading of characters in Chinese and Japanese.

The line typed by the size of agate and equal to the width of the standard column of the printed publication (agate line), for a long time served as a unit for calculating the cost of advertising space ^[9] .

This example uses the furigana , which is located on top of the kanji in the name of the city of Tokyo ( 東京 ).

Note: In this example, the font is enlarged to show details.

This example uses the name of the city of Beijing ( 北京 )

Note: In this example, the font is enlarged to show details.

Nonparel ( _1/8 square ; from French nonpareil - incomparable, incomparable) - a typographic font, the size of which is 6 points . They are used in publications that are not intended for continuous reading: reference books, figure captions, bibliography, small reference texts, tables.

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Size of a nonparel pin in different printing systems:

Mignon ( Mignon , Colonel ) (from French mignon - cute, adorable, tiny) - a typographic font, the size of which is equal to 7 points . Used in encyclopedic publications, pocket guides, dictionaries. Occasionally in ads and small newspaper articles.

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The sizes of the size Mignon in different printing systems:

Petite ( 1/6 square ) (from French petit - small) is a typographic font , the size of which is 8 points . One of the most common fonts . It is widely used in typing the main text of reference and encyclopedic publications, newspapers, magazines. In publications with a larger font, petit is used for a set of captions, footnotes, annotations, tables, formulas.

In non-terminological usage, the font is noticeably smaller in size than the font of the main text; one of the means of highlighting text (along with italics , bold , underline , discharge , etc.).

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Size of a Petit pin in different printing systems:

Borges (from Italian borghese - urban ) is a typographic font , the size of which is 9 points (approximately 3.38 mm) ^[10] . It is mainly used for typing newspaper text ^[11] . Since the 1970s, it has also been used for book typing. It is recommended for use in publications where the length of the line (column) does not exceed 5 squares .

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Size of Borges size in different printing systems:

Corpus (from Italian: corpus juris civilis ) is a typographic font , the size of which is 10 points . For the first time this size was used when printing Justinian 's Corpus. Most often used for typing books.

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Pin sizes Case in different printing systems:

Tsitsero (¼ square , pica) is a typographic font , the size of which is 12 points ( 4.2333 ... mm ).

Skittle got its name from the first edition of Cicero ( "On Duties" ), published by Peter Schöffer in 1465. The font of this book was a similar size.

In Russia (until about 1917), the pica was 11 points of Dido ^[12] ( see also: Dido, Francois Ambroise ). The size of the pins at 12 metric points was called the " tomb of pica " ^{[14] [15]} .

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Pitcher sizes in different printing systems :

Mittel (from German mittelgross - medium size ) is a typographic font , the size of which is equal to 14 points . Fonts of this size are mainly used for typing the main text of textbooks for elementary grades and children's literature, as well as theses and dissertations for the degree.

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Size of a Mittel size in different printing systems:

Tertsia ( 1/3 square ) (from lat. Tertia - third ) - typographic font , the size of which is 16 points . It is used for a set of headings in books, magazines and newspapers, a set of covers, cover pages, etc. ^[16]

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The size of a Tertium pin in different printing systems:

Parangon (double borges ; from French parangon - a sample of virtue, a diamond of pure water) is a typographic font , the size of which is 18 points (~ 6.77 mm). Used for headlines, title pages.

A skittle with a height approximately equal to the skittle of Parangon was the text of the Gutenberg Bible ^[17] .

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Size of Parangon in different printing systems:

Text ( double case ; from lat. Textus - fabric, compound ) - typographic font , size of which is equal to 20 points . It is used for printing book publications for young children according to OST 29.127-96. ^[18]

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Size of pins in different printing systems:

Double pica (1/2 square ) is a typographic font, the size of which is 24 points . 2 times the size of a pica pitcher . Used to design cover pages, headings.

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Pin sizes Double pica in different printing systems:

Double dummy - a typographic font , the size of which is 28 points . See the middle man . Used to design cover pages, headings.

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Size of a Double Mittel in different printing systems:

Small canon is a typographic font , the size of which is 32 points . First reproduced in the Trial Book to All ABCs (1748).

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Size of the small canon in different printing systems:

Large canon is a typographic font , the size of which is 40 points .

A square (from lat. Quadratus - quadrangular) is one of the main units of the typographic system of measures ( size ), equal to 4 pica or 48 points . 1 square is 18.048 mm. Typographic font of this size.

Real - a typographic font , the size of which is 120 points (in the Dido system 1 point is 0.3759 mm). Used in the manufacture of posters and posters .

Real - the largest font used in typography when typing. Fonts of a larger size appeared only with the introduction of computer layout and printing on printers ^[19] .