Names of different kinds of Type.
| Great Primer | I will now tell you something |
| English | about printing. It may be useful to |
| Pica | spend a few lines in giving you an idea of |
| Small Pica | the names which are applied to the different sorts |
| Long Primer | of type employed in the printing of books. This I shall |
| Bourgeois | do by putting against each line of the present paragraph the |
| Brevier | name of the type in which it is printed. I shall not attempt to |
| Minion | explain the origin of these odd terms, but content myself with giving |
| Nonpareil | you a notion of the proportion which one type bears to another; so as to enable |
| Pearl | you, when you become author, to give instructions to your printer as to the type you wish him to use. |
| Condensed | And by way of enlarging your vocabulary of types, I will |
| Full-face | add a few examples of fancy letters, adapted to the title- |
| Antique | PAGES OF BOOKS, SHOW BILLS OF VARIOUS |
| Gothic Condensed | KINDS, BUSINESS CARDS, VISITING CARDS, AND MANY OTHER |
| Black | purposes. If you will go to Mr. Dickinson’s printing-office, |
| Script | No. 52 Washington Street, Boston, you will see a |
| Extended | GREAT VARIETY |
| Gothic | OF FANCY TYPE; AND YOU WILL |
| Gothic Outline | ALSO SEE HOW THEY ARE SET |
| Tuscan Shade | UP, AND HOW THEY ARE |
| Full-face (Capitals) | PRINTED, WITH WHAT HE CALLS A |
| Phantom | ROTARY PRESS. |
| Condensed (Capitals) | YOU WILL ALSO SEE PRESSES WORKED BY STEAM, AND EN- |
| Full-face Italic | gaged in printing books, newspapers, |
| Extra Condensed | PAMPHLETS, MAGAZINES, AND MANY |
| Shaded | OTHER THINGS. IF YOU WILL GO TO NO. 66 CONGRESS STREET, |
| Ornamented | YOU WILL FIND WHERE |
| Title Letter | MERRY’S MUSEUM |
| French Shade | IS STEREOTYPED. |