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

We also enclose samples of long primer, bourgeois and brevier sizes of type.

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A complete series of type of a particular size is called a font; as a font of brevier, or of pica.

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Two columns of brevier—without the adornment of the usual line-cut.

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This is the day when I have to make up my five columns—seven hundred lines, brevier type.

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Bourgeois, bur-jois′, n. a kind of printing type, larger than brevier and smaller than longprimer.

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