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small text

small text noun: a small size of type, in French and Italian printing, usually conflated with brevier but technically treated as 7½ Didot points.

Noun

small text (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A small size of type, in French and Italian printing, usually conflated with brevier but technically treated as 7½ Didot points.

Origin of small text

Calque of French petit-texte.

Questions about small text

What does small text mean?
Small text means a small size of type, in French and Italian printing, usually conflated with brevier but technically treated as 7½ Didot points.
What part of speech is small text?
Small text is a noun.

Words near small text in the dictionary

  1. small slams
  2. small Solar System bodies
  3. small Solar System body
  4. small stuff
  5. small talk
  6. small text
  7. small time
  8. small tortoiseshell
  9. small tortoiseshells
  10. small town
  11. small townie

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