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Adding onto the previous two answers, scaled down fonts are not exclusive to non-English card prints.

As a specific example, the card Sen Triplets is a "Legendary Artifact Creature - Human Wizard". The text line is scaled down in order to fit in the text box. I've added another card from the same set as a comparison.

Sen Triplets is probably the easiest one to see. AFAIK it's the only card in the game with the "Legendary" supertype, two types, and two sub-types. However, there are undoubtedly other cases where the text has been scaled down.

To further illustrate the point, here is the type line for Sen Triplets and Sharuum the Hegemon, a creature that came out in the same block and is also a "Legendary Artifact Creature", but has the much shorter sub-type Sphinx and not "Human Wizard".

It seems to be very common with permanents that have the "Legendary X Y" template while also having a sub-type. The 5 color cycle of "Legendary Enchantment Artifact" from the original Theros don't seem to have scaled down text because of their lack of sub-type, but "Legendary Artifact Creature" and "Legendary Enchantment Creature" seem to be full of them.

List of Legendary Enchantment Creatures - The Demigod Cycle from Theros Beyond Death in particular seem to have noticeably scaled down type lines, although not as noticeable as Sen Triplets.

List of Legendary Artifact Creatures - Sen Triplets can be found here, and is the only entry in either list with two subtypes. However, all of these cards seem to have type lines that have been somewhat scaled down.

It's probably a safe bet that, if the type line stretches all the way across the card to the set symbol, it's probably been scaled down a bit.

Adding onto the previous two answers, scaled down fonts are not exclusive to non-English card prints.

As a specific example, the card Sen Triplets is a "Legendary Artifact Creature - Human Wizard". The text line is scaled down in order to fit in the text box. I've added another card from the same set as a comparison.

Sen Triplets is probably the easiest one to see. AFAIK it's the only card in the game with the "Legendary" supertype, two types, and two sub-types. However, there are undoubtedly other cases where the text has been scaled down.

(EDIT: Shortly before the release of Modern Horizons 2 on June 18th, 2021, a large number of cards were retroactively updated to include the subtype "Phyrexian". One of these cards includes Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer, who now has the type line of "Legendary Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Artificer". This type line is somewhat longer than the type line on Sen Triplets. However, the updated type line has yet to be printed on any cardboard copies of Brudiclad. If we see a new print run of Brudiclad, I will update this answer accordingly.)

To further illustrate the point, here is the type line for Sen Triplets and Sharuum the Hegemon, a creature that came out in the same block and is also a "Legendary Artifact Creature", but has the much shorter sub-type Sphinx and not "Human Wizard".

It seems to be very common with permanents that have the "Legendary X Y" template while also having a sub-type. The 5 color cycle of "Legendary Enchantment Artifact" from the original Theros don't seem to have scaled down text because of their lack of sub-type, but "Legendary Artifact Creature" and "Legendary Enchantment Creature" seem to be full of them.

List of Legendary Enchantment Creatures - The Demigod Cycle from Theros Beyond Death in particular seem to have noticeably scaled down type lines, although not as noticeable as Sen Triplets.

List of Legendary Artifact Creatures - Sen Triplets can be found here, and is the only entry in either list with two printed subtypes (see earlier note on Brudiclad). However, all of these cards seem to have type lines that have been somewhat scaled down.

It's probably a safe bet that, if the type line stretches all the way across the card to the set symbol, it's probably been scaled down a bit.

Adding onto the previous two answers, scaled down fonts are not exclusive to non-english card prints.

As a specific example, the card Sen Triplets is a "Legendary Artifact Creature - Human Wizard". The text line is scaled down in order to fit in the text box. I've added another card from the same set as a comparison.

Sen Triplets is probably the easiest one to see. AFAIK it's the only card in the game with the "Legendary" supertype, two types, and two subtypes. However, there are undoubtedly other cases where the text has been scaled down.

To further illustrate the point, here is the type line for Sen Triplets and Sharuum the Hegemon, a creature that came out in the same block and has the same supertype and type, but different subtypes.

List of Legendary Enchantment Creatures - The Demigod Cycle from Theros Beyond Death in particular seem to have scaled down type lines, although not as noticeable as Sen Triplets.

List of Legendary Artifact Creatures - Sen Triplets can be found here, and is the only entry in either list with two subtypes.

Adding onto the previous two answers, scaled down fonts are not exclusive to non-English card prints.

As a specific example, the card Sen Triplets is a "Legendary Artifact Creature - Human Wizard". The text line is scaled down in order to fit in the text box. I've added another card from the same set as a comparison.

Sen Triplets is probably the easiest one to see. AFAIK it's the only card in the game with the "Legendary" supertype, two types, and two sub-types. However, there are undoubtedly other cases where the text has been scaled down.

To further illustrate the point, here is the type line for Sen Triplets and Sharuum the Hegemon, a creature that came out in the same block and is also a "Legendary Artifact Creature", but has the much shorter sub-type Sphinx and not "Human Wizard".

It seems to be very common with permanents that have the "Legendary X Y" template while also having a sub-type. The 5 color cycle of "Legendary Enchantment Artifact" from the original Theros don't seem to have scaled down text because of their lack of sub-type, but "Legendary Artifact Creature" and "Legendary Enchantment Creature" seem to be full of them.

List of Legendary Enchantment Creatures - The Demigod Cycle from Theros Beyond Death in particular seem to have noticeably scaled down type lines, although not as noticeable as Sen Triplets.

List of Legendary Artifact Creatures - Sen Triplets can be found here, and is the only entry in either list with two subtypes. However, all of these cards seem to have type lines that have been somewhat scaled down.

It's probably a safe bet that, if the type line stretches all the way across the card to the set symbol, it's probably been scaled down a bit.

Adding onto the previous two answers, scaled down fonts are not exclusive to non-english card prints.

As a specific example, the card Sen Triplets is a "Legendary Artifact Creature - Human Wizard". The text line is scaled down in order to fit in the text box. I've added another card from the same set as a comparison.

Sen Triplets is probably the easiest one to see. AFAIK it's the only card in the game with the "Legendary" supertype, two types, and two subtypes. However, there are undoubtedly other cases where the text has been scaled down.

List of Legendary Enchantment Creatures - The Demigod Cycle from Theros Beyond Death in particular seem to have scaled down type lines, although not as noticeable as Sen Triplets.

List of Legendary Artifact Creatures - Sen Triplets can be found here, and is the only entry in either list with two subtypes.

Adding onto the previous two answers, scaled down fonts are not exclusive to non-english card prints.

As a specific example, the card Sen Triplets is a "Legendary Artifact Creature - Human Wizard". The text line is scaled down in order to fit in the text box. I've added another card from the same set as a comparison.

Sen Triplets is probably the easiest one to see. AFAIK it's the only card in the game with the "Legendary" supertype, two types, and two subtypes. However, there are undoubtedly other cases where the text has been scaled down.

To further illustrate the point, here is the type line for Sen Triplets and Sharuum the Hegemon, a creature that came out in the same block and has the same supertype and type, but different subtypes.

List of Legendary Enchantment Creatures - The Demigod Cycle from Theros Beyond Death in particular seem to have scaled down type lines, although not as noticeable as Sen Triplets.

List of Legendary Artifact Creatures - Sen Triplets can be found here, and is the only entry in either list with two subtypes.