TYPES

By this term is understood the letters, from the smallest size to the largest, with which books and other articles are printed. A single type consists of the shank, the beard, and the face. The shank is the body of the letter; the beard is that part between the shoulder of the shank and the face; the face is the shape of the letter, from which the impre ion is taken. The following are the English names of the diflferent sizes in their regular order; with the addition of the Dutch, French, German, and Italian names: — 1. Diamond, the smallest. 2. Pearl. {Fr. La Parisienne ou Sed a noise; Ger. Perl; Ital. Occhio di Mosca.) 3. Ruby. 4. Nonpareil. {Butch, Nonpareil; Fr. "Lai. Nompareille; Ger. Nonpareille;!/«/. Nompariglia.) 5. Emerald. 6. Minion. {Fr. La Mignione; Ger. Colonell; Ital. Mini one.) 7. Brevier. {Butch, Brevier; Fr. Le Petit Texte; Ger. Petit, or Jungfer; Ital. Piccolo Testo.) 8. Bourgeois. {Butch, Bourgeois; Fr. La Gaillarde; Ger. Burgeois; Ital. Gagliarda.) 9. Long Primer. {Butch, Garraond; Fr. Le Petit Romain; Ger. Corpus, or Gannond; Ital. Garamone.) 10. Small Pica. (Z>m<cA, Des send i a an; Fr. La Philosophic; Ger. Brevier, or Rheinlaender; Ital. Filos of i a.) 11. Pica. {Butch, Media an; Fr. Le Cicero; Ger. Cicero; Ital. Lettura.) 12. English. {Butch, Augustyn; Fr. Le Saint August in; Ger. Mittel; Jtal. Silvio.) 13. Great Primer. {Butch, Text; Pr. Le Gros Romain: Ger. Tertia; Ital. Testo.) 14. Paragon. {Butch, Paragon; Fr. Le Petit Parang on; Ger. Paragon; Ital. Parang one.) 15. Double Pica. {Butch, Dubbelde Des send i a an; Fr. Le Gros Parang on; Ger. Text, or Secund a; Ital. Due Linee Filos of i a.) 16. Two Line Pica. (Dw^cA, Dubbelde Media an; Fr. Les Deux Points de Cicero; Ger. Dop pel cicero.) 17. Two Line English. {Butch, Dubbelde AugustjTi; Fr. Palestine; Ger. Doppelmittel; Ital. Canoncino.) 18. Two Line Great Primer. {Butch, Kanon; Fr. Petit Canon; Ger. Kleine Canon; Ital. Gro o Testo.) 19. Two Line Double Pica. {Butch, Groote Kanon; Fr. Trismegiste; Ger. Grobe Canon.) 20. Trafalgar. 21. Canon. {Butch. Parys Romeyn; Fr. Le Gros Canon; Ger. Kleine Mi al; Ital. Canon e.) Canon is the largest size with a specific name; Pica then becomes the standard to distinguish them, and the next size to Canon is Four Line Pica, then Five I^ine Pica, and so on, to the largest size used in posting bills. 1. To enable the reader to form an opinion of the comparative sizes of 2. types, and the proportions they bear to each other, there is given 3. in this paragraph a line of each size, from Diamond, the 4. smallest type in general us'e in England, up to Great 5. Primer, inclusive, numbered to correspond wit)! 6. the preceding list, in order to distinguish 7. them by their names. There is a smaller 8. type than Diamond lately introduced, 9. but it is as yet little used. The 10. French have one so small that the 11. it cannot be read by 12. naked eye, even 13. young persons. [s. 1285]