SOME ENGLISH NAMES OF TYPES

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
Nonpareil 6
Minion 7
Brevier 8
Bourgeois 9
Long Primer 10
Small Pica 11
Pica 12