What’s on the The Type Scale poster
A 6-row table: Ratio · Name · Steps from 16.
Each step multiplies the one below it. Base size 16 px.
- 1.125 — Major second — 16, 18, 20, 23, 26
- 1.200 — Minor third — 16, 19, 23, 28, 33
- 1.250 — Major third — 16, 20, 25, 31, 39
- 1.333 — Perfect fourth — 16, 21, 28, 38, 50
- 1.500 — Perfect fifth — 16, 24, 36, 54, 81
- 1.618 — Golden section — 16, 26, 42, 68, 110
A wider ratio gives fewer, more distinct levels. A narrow one gives many levels that are hard to tell apart.
Questions about the The Type Scale poster
- What’s on the The Type Scale poster?
- A 6-row table: Ratio · Name · Steps from 16. Each step multiplies the one below it. Base size 16 px. 1.125 — Major second — 16, 18, 20, 23, 26; 1.200 — Minor third — 16, 19, 23, 28, 33; 1.250 — Major third — 16, 20, 25, 31, 39; 1.333 — Perfect fourth — 16, 21, 28, 38, 50; 1.500 — Perfect fifth — 16, 24, 36, 54, 81; 1.618 — Golden section — 16, 26, 42, 68, 110. A wider ratio gives fewer, more distinct levels. A narrow one gives many levels that are hard to tell apart.
- Who is the The Type Scale poster for?
- The Type Scale belongs to the Art & Design section rather than to a school year, because design is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning typography can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the The Type Scale poster?
- Use it when picking heading sizes instead of nudging numbers until they look right. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Type Scale belongs on the wall where that design work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with The Type Scale?
- The Baseline Grid, Dashes & Quotes and Figures & Small Caps sit alongside The Type Scale in the Art & Design section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.The Baseline GridDashes & QuotesFigures & Small Caps
- Is the The Type Scale poster free to download and print?
- Yes. The Type Scale downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Art & Design section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the The Type Scale poster print at?
- The Type Scale is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Type Scale loses nothing.Printing guide
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