cross stroke

noun

, Typography.

The porch opened into the hall which was on the left of the cross-stroke, and the drawing-room was on the right.

This die was redrawn and the long cross stroke of "T" changed into a short line.

One is like the normal female (Venus) sign, but with no cross stroke on the downward stroke.

Most of the early Nuremberg types are readily distinguished by the capital N, in which the cross stroke slants the wrong way.

The cross stroke when closely examined will be found to present many variations.

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