| 单词 | small pica |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmall pica small pica n. Typography a size of type of about 11 points, between long primer and pica. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > height of type > names of type sizes English1539 great primer1539 long primer1553 pica1553 brevier1598 nonpareil1656 pearl1656 small pica1657 minion1659 canon1683 small body1683 minim1706 paragon1706 bourgeois1755 diamond1778 ruby1778 Trafalgar1807 agate1831 minikinc1870 minionette1871 brilliant1875 gem1888 excelsior1902 1657 W. Prynne Exact Abridgem. Rec. Tower of London Pref. to Rdr. sig. A2v Abridgements comprise in..one sheet in a small Pica letter, the substance of many sheets set in Capitals. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Pica Letter, a term among Printers being the Sixth Character in order of magnitude from Pareil, Small Pica being a degree less, and Double Pica a third degree beyond it. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 227 Among the Irregular Bodied sorts of Letter, none has taken so great a run as Small Pica. 1839 C. H. Timperley Dict. Printers 105 All above 52 Pica ems, upon Small Pica and upwards. 1919 Classical Jrnl. 15 38 When learning the printer's trade, while a college student, I set up in small pica my translation of the daily allotment of the ‘Prometheus Bound’ of Aeschylus. 2003 M. Belson On the Press (Gloss.), 350 Small Pica: a type-size used before the point system (c. 10½ pt). < as lemmas |
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