long primer

American  

noun

Printing.

1. a 12-point type.

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long primer British  

noun

1. (formerly) a size of printer's type, approximately equal to 10 point

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Etymology

Origin of long primer

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

All they worry about is whether he is worth double-column headings, a long primer intro., and a line across the page.

From Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel by Kilpatrick, Florence A. (Florence Antoinette)

We also enclose samples of long primer, bourgeois and brevier sizes of type.

From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Thompson, Slason

The paper was printed "on a new and handsome type, a broad faced long primer, from an Edinburgh foundry, and typographically far surpassed any paper that had appeared before it in New England."

From Scotland's Mark on America by Black, George Fraser

A size of type between long primer and brevier.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

One sighs at the thought of the miles of "long primer" that would be expended if we had the opportunity of commenting upon such a theme to-day.

From Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 by Reid, Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson)