long primer
a 12-point type.
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Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions | Slason ThompsonThese notes seem to have been equivalent to about 600 pages of an ordinary crown octavo book printed in long primer.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton | Thomas WrightIt was a folio, pro patria size, in pica, with long primer notes.
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin | Benjamin FranklinIt was a folio, pro patria size, in pica, with long-primer notes.
Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] | Benjamin FranklinBut anything smaller than pica I do not read with comfort, and below long primer I cannot read at all.
Max Carrados | Ernest Bramah
British Dictionary definitions for long primer
(formerly) a size of printer's type, approximately equal to 10 point
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