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brevier
[ bruh-veer ]
noun
Printing.
- a size of type approximately 8-point, between minion and bourgeois.
brevier
/ ²ú°ùəˈ±¹ÉªÉ™ /
noun
- (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 8 point
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of brevier1
C16: probably from Dutch, literally: breviary ; so called because this type size was used for breviaries
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Example Sentences
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F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and long primer: cf.
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A size of type between long primer and brevier.
From
Her nose, italicized brevier, Too lovely to describe by penpoint; Her mouth is set in pearl: her ear And chin are comely Caslon ten-point.
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Brevier, brev-ēr′, n. a small type between bourgeois and minion, originally used in printing breviaries.
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Brevier—An old size of type nearly equal to 8-point.
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