German

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A historic, extremely small type size measuring roughly one and a half points.

A very rare, historic type size that sits between American and Saxon. Measuring approximately 1.5 points, it is practically illegible to the naked eye and was rarely used for actual text, serving more as a novelty or specialized element in early microscopic typography.

Heard on the job

The foundry cast a few lines of German just to show off their precision, but nobody actually read it.