BREVIER

Etymology

Noun

brevier (uncountable)

(typography, printing, dated) The size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-point.

Synonyms

• (French contexts): small text

• (French and German contexts): petit

Source: Wiktionary


Bre*vier", n. Etym: [Prob. from being originally used in printing a breviary. See Breviary.] (Print.)

Definition: A size of type between bourgeous and minion.

Note: This line is printed in brevier type.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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