brevier

[ bruh-veer ]

nounPrinting.
  1. a size of type approximately 8-point, between minion and bourgeois.

Origin of brevier

1
1590–1600; <German: literally, breviary; so called from use in printing breviaries

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brevier

/ (brəˈvɪə) /


noun
  1. (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 8 point

Origin of brevier

1
C16: probably from Dutch, literally: breviary; so called because this type size was used for breviaries

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