long primer

noun

, Printing.

1. a 12-point type.

long primer

noun

1. (formerly) a size of printer's type, approximately equal to 10 point

Word History and Origins

Origin of long primer¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

A size of type between long primer and brevier.

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The work, Franklin tells us, with the fond minuteness with which a man is disposed to dwell upon the events of his early life, was a folio, of pro patria size, and in pica, with long primer notes.

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Types soon came to be made everywhere of uniform height; that of England and America being 92-100 of an inch, and became universally classified by names according to their sizes, as pica, small pica, long primer, minion, nonpareil, etc.

From Project Gutenberg

This edition is printed on the finest paper, from large, clear type, leaded, Long Primer in size, that all can read, the whole containing near Six Hundred full page Illustrations, printed on tinted paper, from designs by Cruikshank, Phiz, Browne, Maclise, McLenan, and other artists.

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