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John,

I have a vague recollection of this issue being discussed relative recently in the Adobe Typography forum. The end result was, I believe, that Adobe no longer supplies that information because in the electronic age it's not very necessary. Try a search of that forum.

I found these existing threads:

Thomas Phinney, "Looking for a condensed serif face" #4, 11 Dec 2006 8:46 pm </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bc2826d/3>

Dominic Hurley, "Typographical math" #1, 1 Mar 2007 2:16 pm </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bc349ab/0>



From the first link:

      Thomas Phinney - 8:46pm Dec 11, 06 PST (#4 of 7) 	 	 Edited: 11-Dec-2006
      at 07:47pm

      No, Adobe no longer maintains the old CPP (characters per pica) listings.
      That method of checking line lengths seems to have phased out gradually
      over the digital type era, because it's so easy to just "try it and see"
      in digital type.

      In any case, I think you'll have problems finding any condensed serif
      typeface that is as condensed as Myriad Condensed at the same point size.
      If you do find it, it probably won't be very legible.

      I strongly suspect you'd be better off taking something like Minion Pro
      Condensed Caption at a smaller point size. Just keep on adjusting it until
      you find the maximum size that fits.

      Regards,

      T

      Thomas Phinney
      Product Manager (Adobe)
      Fonts & Global Typography