Cowie's Printer's Pocket-Book and Manual/Abstract of Compositors' Scale

by George Cowie

abstract of the compositors' scale.

				COMMON	FOREIGN	DICTIONARIES		GRAMMARS, ETC.		GREEK
						English.	2 Lang. or Foreign.	English.	2 Lang. or Foreign.	Without Accents.	With Accents.
				d.	d.	d.	d.	d.	d.	d.	d.
English to Brevier	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	leaded solid		5¾ 6	6¼ 6½	6¼ 6½	6½ 6¾	6  6¼	6¼ 6½	8½ 8¾	10  10¼
Minion	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	leaded solid		6 6¼	6¾ 7	6¾ 7	7  7¼
Nonpareil	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	leaded solid		6¾ 7	7½ 7¾	7½ 7¾	7¾ 8
Pearl	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	leaded or solid	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	8	8¾	8¾	9
Notes constituting the Charge of One Shilling ⅌ Sheet.—See Article 11.
Quarto and Octavo—20 Lines, or 2 Notes, though not amounting to 20 Lines—and not exceeding 4 Pages in 10 Sheets.
Twelves—1 Page, or 2 Notes, though not amounting to 1 Page—and not exceeding 6 Pages in 10 Sheets.
Eighteens or above—2 Pages, or 2 Notes, though not amounting to 2 Pages—and not exceeding 8 Pages in 10 Sheets.
Pamphlets—10 Lines, or 2 Notes, though not amounting to 10 Lines—and not exceeding 2 Pages in 5 Sheets.