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Appendix II

Heights of Fell Pica Capitals and Ligatures

Measured at 30X from points 0.025mm inside the top and bottom edges of a type, in millimeters. Width of the ligatures is taken between dead-centers of the two vertical elements and given in brackets, i.e., "[1.15]", or "[1, 1]" for three vertical elements.

  • 2.4: X
  • 2.45 I
  • 2.5: A E F H K L M N V W Z
  • 2.55: D P R Y T; ct [1.75]
  • 2.625: O
  • 2.65 C G; ſh [1, 1], ſt [1], ſſi [1.05, 1.1]
  • 2.7: Q S; ſl [1.15], fl [1.1], ff1 [1, 0.95], ffl [0.95, 1.0]
  • 2.75: f1 [1.15]
  • 2.8: ſi [1.1]
  • 2.85: ff [1.1]
  • 2.9 ſſ [1.15]
The 'm' is the standard reference for the body-width of a typeface; the relation of the width of the 'm', 'n' and some lower-case letters: 1.0: 'u'; 1.05: 'n', left half of 'm'; 1.1: 'h', right half of 'm'; 1.2: 'd p'; 1.3: 'b q'; 2.15: 'm'.