English

The name of a type one size larger than Pica and one smaller than Great Primer. In Germany it is called by the name of “Mittel;” by the French and Dutch, “St. Augustyn,” from the fact that the writings of that father were the first works that were done in that size letter. Its proportions to the foot are as follows, according to the different standards:—

Caslon, 64; Figgins, 64; Reed & Fox, 64½; The patent Type Founding Company, 65½.