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

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

I'll make it long primer," says I. "How do I stand here in the Corrugated?

From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster

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

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 Wright, Thomas

Bourgeois, brevier, minion, and nonpareil, long primer, turn-ups, dunning advertisements, and reprints, back forme, imposing-stone, and locking-up, are all quite out of their way, and a sort of slang that they have no interest in.

From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 by Dickens, Mamie