Cicero (typography)
Non Plus Ultra ( 2 point)
Microscopique (2.5 point)
Brilliant (3-point )
Diamond (4 point)
Perl ( 5 point)
Nonpareil ( 6 points )
Insertions (6.5 point)
Colonel ( 7 points )
Petit ( 8 points )
Borgis ( 9 points )
Corpus (10 point)
Rhinelander (11 point)
Cicero ( 12 points )
Means (14 point)
Tertia (16 point)
Paragon ( 18 points )
Text (20 point)
Canon ( 36 points )
Cicero called one of the middle font sizes in the lead sentence. It has a cone height of twelve Didot points, which corresponds to 4,512 mm. The correspondence in twelve DTP points measures 4,233 mm. Double Cicero is, the size of two Cicero, so 24 points. These are 9,024 mm, corresponding in DTP points 8,467 mm.
The origin of the name " Cicero " is not unique to you. One interpretation has it that have their name for a copy of Marcus Tullius Cicero's speeches, printed Peter Schoeffer in 1465 in a similar font size. Schoeffer should have this publication also cut himself and cast. Other sources name as the name of the founder Hans Ulrich Schneider font Cicero, who had created in the 15th century in Rome a font in 12 -point size.
By the end of the commercial printing with metal type end of the 20th century, the unit Cicero was a universal Schriftsatzmaß. After the introduction of modern computerized typesetting measure from the metric unit ( mm) was largely replaced because the block processing is now largely carried out by untrained personnel typographically. Only the subunit, the typographical point (1 Cicero = 12 points ) has survived as the name of font sizes. The uncommon DTP Cicero is also known as DTP or Pica Pica often only briefly.
Same font metrics have different names in many European countries, or the same names denote different cone heights. The size Cicero writings hot in France St. Augustin, in Holland Augustijn, Pica in England, in Spain and in Italy Cicero or Lectura Lettura. The size double Cicero says in France Palestine, Palestine in Holland, in England Twoline Pica Pica or Double in Italy and Palestine.