单词 | fournier |
释义 | Fourniern. Used to designate a style of type designed by Fournier and revived in modern use. Fournier point n. (also Fournier's point) a unit of measurement of type. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > height of type > unit of measurement point1890 Fournier point1902 society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > style of type > [adjective] > others modern1764 script1782 Caxtonian1811 Porsonian1813 antique type?1817 Aldine1837 Scotch1847 old-face1859 Times1860 old-faced1863 Fell type1883 Fournier1902 monotype1910 Goudy1933 monoline1962 slab serif1970 monospaced1972 1902 T. L. De Vinne Pract. Typogr. 146 Attempts have been made to return to the Fournier point by making it in accord with the new measures. 1902 T. L. De Vinne Pract. Typogr. 155 In the Fournier system 1000 points made 35 centimetres. 1927 in O. Simon Introd. Typogr. (ed. 2, 1963) v. 92 Fournier, a specimen of a classic old face designed by Pierre Simon Fournier (Fournier-le-jeune) Paris ca. 1750 & now first revived by the Lanston Monotype Corporation Ld...1927. 1930 H. Carter Fournier on Typefounding p. xxxv The traditional ‘Fournier point’, long used in Belgium, was ·013728 English inch. 1935 W. T. Berry & A. F. Johnson Catal. Specimens Printing Types l The extension of the ascenders makes the 12-point size [of Perpetua] look ‘small’ in comparison with the 12 point of Fournier, Baskerville, and the Aldine Bembo. 1945 O. Simon Introd. Typogr. iii. 12 The roman lower-case letters of Scotch and Baskerville, for instance, are wide and generous, whilst, at the other extreme, Fournier and Bembo occupy considerably less width. 1962 D. B. Updike Printing Types (ed. 3) I. ii. 32 Fournier's point is scarcely used nowadays, except in Belgium. 1963 O. Simon Introd. Typogr. (ed. 2) iii. 13 Fournier, Plantin and Imprint are..more successful in their smaller sizes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1902 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。