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

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long primer

These notes seem to have been equivalent to about 600 pages of an ordinary crown octavo book printed in long primer.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright

This Miscellany will be comprised in two sheets, or thirty-two pages, closely printed in 8vo; the type, long primer.

From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by A. Turnbull

F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and long primer: cf.

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

He had himself contributed many letters to The Times on subjects of the greatest urgency, but had never attained the dignity even of long primer.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 1, 1919 by Various

In many printing offices the type is known as 6-point, 8-point, 10-point, etc., instead of as nonpareil, brevier, long primer, etc.

From Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) by Seymour Eaton