grecs du roi
grecs du roi proper noun: an influential Greek miniscule typeface commissioned by King Francis I of France, cut by Claude Garamond based on the handwriting of Angelos Vergecios, and produced in three sizes.
Proper noun (1)
the grecs du roi pl (plural only)
- An influential Greek miniscule typeface commissioned by King Francis I of France, cut by Claude Garamond based on the handwriting of Angelos Vergecios, and produced in three sizes.
- Garamond's caractères de l'Université, in four sizes of roman and italic, and the grecs du roi in three sizes, became the nucleus of the magnificent collection of types now belonging to the Imprimerie Nationale de France.1922, Daniel Berkeley Updike, Printing Types, Their History, Forms, and Use; A Study in Survivals, page 236
- In Paris, the Grecs du Roi had been celebrated ever since they had been cut by Claude Garamond in the mid-sixteenth century; but they remained privileged types, restricted for the use of the Imprimerie Royale.1992, David McKitterick, A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 2, Scholarship and Commerce, 1698-1872, page 66
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Grecs du Roi
the Grecs du Roi pl (plural only)
- Alternative letter-case form of Grecs du roi.
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Grecs du roi
the Grecs du roi pl (plural only)
- Alternative letter-case form of grecs du roi.
Forms of grecs du roi
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| alternative form | Grecs du roi |
Origin of grecs du roi
Unadapted borrowing from French grecs du roi, an ellipsis of caractères grecs du roi (literally “Greek chararacters of the king”).
Unadapted borrowing from French grecs du roi.
Questions about grecs du roi
- What does grecs du roi mean?
- Grecs du roi means an influential Greek miniscule typeface commissioned by King Francis I of France, cut by Claude Garamond based on the handwriting of Angelos Vergecios, and produced in three sizes.
- What part of speech is grecs du roi?
- Grecs du roi is a proper noun.
Words near grecs du roi in the dictionary
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