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Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005395

An obsolete name for a size of printing type, equivalent to approximately 20 points in the Anglo-American system. This display size was part of a naming convention that included terms like 'text' or 'two-line brevier' for related sizes. In historical typefounding catalogues, it was positioned between paragon (around 18 points) and two-line pica (around 24 points).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-005395
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial printing
TranslationsGerman: Petit; Spanish: texto pequeño; French: petit texte
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005395",
  "term": "Small text",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An obsolete name for a size of printing type, equivalent to approximately 20 points in the Anglo-American system. This display size was part of a naming convention that included terms like 'text' or 'two-line brevier' for related sizes. In historical typefounding catalogues, it was positioned between paragon (around 18 points) and two-line pica (around 24 points).",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Petit",
    "es": "texto pequeño",
    "fr": "petit texte"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/small-text/"
}

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