brevier

[ bruh-veer ]

noun

, Printing.

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

brevier

/ brəˈvɪə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of brevier¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of brevier¹

C16: probably from Dutch, literally: breviary ; so called because this type size was used for breviaries

Example Sentences

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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