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Traditional letterpress point size names, in JSON
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/* | |
* Transcribed to JSON from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_(typography)#Traditional_point-size_names | |
* This document is free and open-source software licensed simultaneously under the MIT License, the GPL v2, | |
* and the two-clause BSD License. | |
* | |
* nb. Where conflicts in naming existed (Double Small Pica and Double Pica), the British unit took | |
* precedence. In all other cases, both US and British units are described. | |
*/ | |
{ | |
"LetterpressSizes": { | |
"Excelsior": "3pt", | |
"Minikin": "3pt", | |
"Brilliant": "4pt", | |
"Diamond": "4.5pt", | |
"Pearl": "5pt", | |
"Agate": "5.5pt", | |
"Ruby": "5.5pt", | |
"Nonpareille": "6pt", | |
"Minionette": "6.5pt", | |
"Emerald": "6.5pt", | |
"Minion": "7pt", | |
"Brevier": "8pt", | |
"Petit": "8pt", | |
"small text": "8pt", | |
"Bourgeois": "9pt", | |
"Galliard": "9pt", | |
"Long Primer": "10pt", | |
"Corpus": "10pt", | |
"Garamond": "10pt", | |
"Small Pica": "11pt", | |
"Philosophy": "11pt", | |
"Pica": "12pt", | |
"English": "14pt", | |
"Mittel": "14pt", | |
"Augustin": "14pt", | |
"Columbian": "16pt", | |
"Two-line Brevier": "16pt", | |
"Great Primer": "18pt", | |
"Paragon": "20pt", | |
"Double Small Pica": "21pt", | |
"Double Pica": "22pt", | |
"Two-line Pica": "24pt", | |
"Double English": "28pt", | |
"Two-line English": "28pt", | |
"Five-line Nonpareil": "30pt", | |
"Four-line Brevier": "32pt", | |
"Double Great Primer": "36pt", | |
"Two-line Great Primer": "36pt", | |
"Meridian": "44pt", | |
"Two-line Double Pica": "44pt", | |
"Trafalgar": "44pt", | |
"Canon": "48pt", | |
"four-line": "48pt", | |
"Five-line Pica": "60pt", | |
"inch": "72pt" | |
} | |
} |
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