(printing, dated) A large size of type, standardized as (UK) 22- or (US) 24-point.
(printing, dated) A large size of type, standardized as (UK) 22- or (US) 24-point.
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(printing, dated) A large size of type, standardized as (UK) 21- or (US) 22-point.
(printing, US, dated) The size of type between double pica and double great primer, standardized as 28-point.
(printing, US, dated) The size of type between double English and meridian, standardized as 36-point.
Being the normal or standard size for its type.
(uncountable, typography, chiefly, historical) A size of type between ruby and emerald (or, in the United States, between agate and minion), standardized as 6-point; (countable) a slug of this size.