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(uncountable, US printing, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5+¹⁄₂-point.
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(uncountable, US printing, rare, dated) A size of type smaller than German, 1-point type.
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(printing, dated) A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.
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(uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.
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(design, typography) A unit of measurement of the number of typographic characters that fit on a one inch line of printed type. This unit is mainly used to specify font sizes that have the same width for each character (monospaced), however it may also be used to give an average for fonts with characters of varying widths.
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(typography, Continental printing) The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.
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(uncountable, US printing, dated) A size of type between English and great primer, standardized as 16-point.
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(printing, dated) The size of type between brilliant and pearl, standardized as 4+¹⁄₂-point.
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(typography, historical) A former point size of 1/864 of the royal foot.
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(printing, US, dated) The size of type between double pica and double great primer, standardized as 28-point.
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(printing, US, dated) The size of type between double English and meridian, standardized as 36-point.
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(printing, dated) A large size of type, standardized as (UK) 22- or (US) 24-point.
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(printing, dated) A large size of type, standardized as (UK) 21- or (US) 22-point.
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(dated, printing, UK) A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.
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(printing, dated) A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
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(US printing, dated) The size of type between Norse and brilliant, standardized as 3-point.
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(typography, historical) A former point size of about 11/864 French inches or (by 1799) 345 µm.
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(UK, typography) full stop, period (British printers' term)
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(uncountable, US printing, rare, dated) A size of type between American and Saxon, 1+¹⁄₂-point type.
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(printing, historical) The size of type between English and paragon, standardized as 18-point, used in the printing of large-format English bibles.
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(hot metal printing, typography) Any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter.
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(printing, dated) The size of type between bourgeois and small pica, standardized as 10-point.
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Alternative form of Long Primer [(printing, dated) The size of type between bourgeois and small pica, standardized as 10-point.]
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(US, printing, dated) The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
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(uncountable, UK printing, dated) The size of type smaller than brilliant, standardized as 3-point.
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(typography, printing, dated) The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point.
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(uncountable, typography, printing, dated) The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.
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(typography) pica (conventionally, 12 points = 1 pica, 6 picas ≈ 1 inch).
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(typography, countable) A unit of length equivalent to 12 points, officially ³⁵⁄₈₃ cm (0.166 in) after 1886 but now (computing) ¹⁄₆ in.
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(typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
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(uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
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(printing, dated) A small size of type, in French and Italian printing, usually conflated with brevier but technically treated as 7½ Didot points.
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(printing, historical) A fine, thin, short metal rule of the same height as the type, used in printing short lines in tabular matter.
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(typography, historical) A former point size of 1/144 of a French inch or 1/1728 of the royal foot.
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(printing, UK, dated) A size of type between English and great primer, standardized as 16-point.
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(printing, UK, dated) The size of type between two-line great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
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(printing, UK, dated) The size of type between two-line pica and two-line great primer, standardized as 28-point.
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(printing, UK, dated) The size of type between two-line English and two-line double pica, standardized as 36-point.
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(printing, UK, historical) A large size of type, standardized as 24-point.
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(of a printed document) Having two document pages per printed page.
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