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EXPLANATION OF TECHNICAL TERMS

The Point System—

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The point is the underlying unit of all toprpographical measures.

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The standard of measurement is the pica. A pica is twelve points (one-sixth of an inch).

This line is set in 12-pt. (pica).
This line is set in 11-pt. (small pica).
This line is set in 10-pt. (long primer).
This line is set in 9-pt. (bourgeois).
This line is set in 8-pt. (brevier).
This line is set in 7-pt. (minion).
This line is set in 6-pt. (nonpareil).
This line is set in 5pt. pearl) .

The sizes larger or smaller than these are seldom used in book composition.

Styles or Type—

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Ordinary type is called roman. To "roman-quote" is to put in roman type between quotation marks.

This line is set in roman.

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Type with a sloping face is called italic or italics. Italic is indicated in manuscripts by a straight line under the word or words. (See p. 123.)

This line is set in italics.

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