30 Point. Five-line Nonpareil.
32 Point. Four-line Brevier.
36 Point. Three-line Pica.
A BILL OF PICA.
The following is reckoned by the founders a regular fount, complete in all its sorts:—
A BILL OF 800 LBS. OF PICA.
| a | 8500 |
| b | 1600 |
| c | 3000 |
| d | 4400 |
| e | 12000 |
| f | 2500 |
| g | 1700 |
| h | 6400 |
| i | 8000 |
| j | 400 |
| k | 800 |
| l | 4000 |
| m | 3000 |
| n | 8000 |
| o | 8000 |
| p | 1700 |
| q | 500 |
| r | 6200 |
| s | 8000 |
| t | 9000 |
| u | 3400 |
| v | 1200 |
| w | 2000 |
| x | 400 |
| y | 2000 |
| z | 200 |
| & | 200 |
| ff | 400 |
| fi | 500 |
| fl | 200 |
| ffl | 100 |
| ffi | 150 |
| æ | 100 |
| œ | 60 |
| — | 150 |
| ⸺ | 90 |
| ⸻ | 60 |
| , | 4500 |
| ; | 800 |
| : | 600 |
| . | 2000 |
| - | 1000 |
| ? | 200 |
| ! | 150 |
| ’ | 700 |
| ( | 300 |
| [ | 150 |
| * | 100 |
| † | 100 |
| ‡ | 100 |
| § | 100 |
| ∥ | 100 |
| ¶ | 60 |
| 1 | 1300 |
| 2 | 1200 |
| 3 | 1100 |
| 4 | 1000 |
| 5 | 1000 |
| 6 | 1000 |
| 7 | 1000 |
| 8 | 1000 |
| 9 | 1000 |
| 0 | 1300 |
| é | 200 |
| à | 200 |
| â | 200 |
| ê | 200 |
| All other accents, each. | 100 |
| A | 600 |
| B | 400 |
| C | 500 |
| D | 500 |
| E | 600 |
| F | 400 |
| G | 400 |
| H | 400 |
| I | 800 |
| J | 300 |
| K | 300 |
| L | 500 |
| M | 400 |
| N | 400 |
| O | 400 |
| P | 400 |
| Q | 180 |
| R | 400 |
| S | 500 |
| T | 650 |
| U | 300 |
| V | 300 |
| W | 400 |
| X | 180 |
| Y | 300 |
| Z | 80 |
| Æ | 40 |
| Π| 30 |
| A | 300 |
| B | 200 |
| C | 250 |
| D | 250 |
| E | 300 |
| F | 200 |
| G | 200 |
| H | 200 |
| I | 400 |
| J | 150 |
| K | 150 |
| L | 250 |
| M | 200 |
| N | 200 |
| O | 200 |
| P | 200 |
| Q | 90 |
| R | 200 |
| S | 250 |
| T | 326 |
| U | 150 |
| V | 150 |
| W | 200 |
| X | 90 |
| Y | 150 |
| Z | 40 |
| Æ | 20 |
| Π| 15 |
| Spaces. | |
| Thick | 18000 |
| Middle | 12000 |
| Thin | 8000 |
| Hair | 3000 |
| Em Quads | 2500 |
| En Quads | 5000 |
| Large Quadrates, about 80 lbs. | |
Italic, one-tenth of Roman.
Owing to the varying styles of authors and the diverse subjects of books, some letters will now and then run short in a fount, whatever the proportions may have been at first. A new fount of type may run evenly on a work in general literature written in the third person, while a novel filled with dialogues in the first person will rapidly exhaust certain letters, and require sorts to render the fount serviceable to its full general capacity. So with scientific and other books. Even in the case of two authors writing on the same subject, there is no certainty that the fount will run alike. The master-printer, therefore, to keep the entire letter in use, is compelled to order sorts, and his fount is thus constantly growing larger.