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Meridian

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-003608

An obsolete name for a size of metal type, equivalent to approximately 44 Didot points. This large display size was part of historical European typographic measurement systems that predated the widespread adoption of the Anglo-American point system. In the Fournier system, it was positioned between the gros-canon (40-point) and trismegiste (36-point) sizes, though naming conventions varied.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-003608
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial printing
TranslationsGerman: Meridian; Spanish: meridian; French: méridienne
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003608",
  "term": "Meridian",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An obsolete name for a size of metal type, equivalent to approximately 44 Didot points. This large display size was part of historical European typographic measurement systems that predated the widespread adoption of the Anglo-American point system. In the Fournier system, it was positioned between the gros-canon (40-point) and trismegiste (36-point) sizes, though naming conventions varied.",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Meridian",
    "es": "meridian",
    "fr": "méridienne"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/meridian/"
}

Record 3,953 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.