brevier

American

[bruh-veer] / brəˈvɪər /

noun

Printing.

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

brevier British

/ brəˈvɪə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of brevier

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

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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.

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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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