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Two-line pica

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-006271

A type size that is twice the height of a standard pica type, which is 12 points. This larger character, measuring 24 points, is commonly used for headings, subheadings, or as an initial capital letter in a text block. It occupies the vertical space of two lines of pica text.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-006271
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial printing
Synonymsdouble pica
See alsoDouble pica
TranslationsGerman: Two-line Pica; Spanish: pica de dos líneas; French: deux-points pica
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006271",
  "term": "Two-line pica",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A type size that is twice the height of a standard pica type, which is 12 points. This larger character, measuring 24 points, is commonly used for headings, subheadings, or as an initial capital letter in a text block. It occupies the vertical space of two lines of pica text.",
  "synonyms": [
    "double pica"
  ],
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "see_also": [
    "double pica"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Two-line Pica",
    "es": "pica de dos líneas",
    "fr": "deux-points pica"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/two-line-pica/"
}

Record 6,848 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.