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Traditional letterpress point size names, in JSON
/*
* 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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