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

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

One sighs at the thought of the miles of "long primer" that would be expended if we had the opportunity of commenting upon such a theme to-day.

From Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 by Reid, Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson)

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 Turnbull, A.

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 Eaton, Seymour

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