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from: Everybody's writing-desk book, 8th ed.
by Don Lemon & Charles Nisbet
SAXON & CO. [London] (c.1895)
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NAMES OF PAPERS AND THEIR DIVISIONS FOR BOOK-PRINTING. |
Size of
Page of
Paper in
Inches. |
Size* of
Page of
Type. |
Size of Type most suitable, and the number
of Words, averaging 5 letters each to the Page,
in each Style of Type. |
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FOOLSCAP — |
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sq. inch. |
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Quarto (4to) |
6¾ X 8½ |
34 |
Pica, 414; Small Pica, 587; Long Primmer, 667 |
Octavo (8vo) |
4¼ X 6¾ |
16 |
Long Primer, 306; Bourgeois, 399; Brevier, 450. |
Duodecimo (12mo) |
3⅜ X 5⅔ |
11 |
Long Primer, 214; Bourgeois, 280; Brevier, 315. |
Sixteen mo (16mo) |
3⅜ X 4¼ |
8 |
Brevier, 225; Minion, 270; Nonpareil, 363. |
CROWN — |
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Quarto (4to) |
7½ X 10 |
41 |
Pica, 492; Small Pica, 696; Long Primer, 782. |
Octavo (8vo) |
5 X 7½ |
21 |
Small Pica, 377; Long Primer, 421; Bourgeois, 544. |
Duodecimo (12mo) |
3¾ X 6⅔ |
14 |
Long Primer, 276; Bourgeois, 357; Brevier, 405. |
Sixteen mo (16mo) |
3¾ X 5 |
10 |
Bourgeois, 255; Brevier, 288; Minion, 388. |
DEMY — |
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Quarto (4to) |
8¼ X 11½ |
54 |
English, 520; Pica, 666; Small Pica, 944. |
Octavo (8vo) |
5⅝ X 8¾ |
27 |
Pica, 330; Small Pica, 457; Long Primer, 520. |
Duodecimo (12mo) |
4⅜ X 7½ |
19 |
Small Pica, 326; Long Primer, 398; Bourgeois, 476. |
Sixteen mo (16mo) |
4⅜ X 4⅝ |
14 |
Bourgeois, 357; Brevier, 405; Minion, 484. |
Thirty-two mo (32mo) |
2¾ X 4⅜ |
6¾ |
Brevier, 189; Minion, 222; Nonpareil, 297. |
ROYAL — |
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Quarto (4to) |
10 X 12½ |
67 |
English, 640; Pica, 822; Small Pica, 1152. |
Octavo (8vo) |
6¼ X 10 |
35 |
Pica, 426; Small Pica, 602; Long Primer, 681. |
Duodecimo (12mo) |
5 X 8⅓ |
24 |
Small Pica, 414; Long Primer, 467; Bourgeois, 604. |
Sixteen mo (16mo) |
5 X 6¼ |
16 |
Long Primer, 314; Bourgeois, 399; Brevier, 459. |
Thirty-two mo (32mo) |
3⅛ X 5 |
9 |
Bourgeois, 221; Brevier, 261; Minion, 309. |
* Exclusive of head-line.
EXAMPLE. — Thus, if Crown 8vo (5X7½), with type area of 21 square inches, be the size of page selected,
it may be reckoned that each page will contain on an average 377 words in Small Pica, 421 words
in Long Primer, and 544 words in Bourgeois.
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