| 单词 | antique type |
| 释义 | > as lemmasantique type 6. Typography. Chiefly in antique type. extracted from antiqueadj.n. a. Designating a thick, heavy typeface, (usually) spec. designating a slab-serif typeface with bracketed serifs (cf. Egyptian adj. 4). ΘΚΠ 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 ?1817 V. Figgins Specimen Printing Types f. 86 Five Lines Pica Antique... Two Lines Nonpareil Antique. 1843 Phonotypic Jrnl. 2 138 In the Antique type there is but a slight difference, and sometimes none at all, between C and G. 1905 Bookseller, Newsdealer & Stationer 1 Oct. 267/1 The books are printed on pure rag paper in antique type. 1976 J. M. Smethurst in C. A. McLaren Hero as Printer ii. 16 In 1815 Vincent Figgins cut his Antique type. b. More generally: designating any typeface of antiquated appearance or resembling those used in early printing. ΚΠ 1862 Ref. Catal. Standard Second-hand Bks. (W. Dawson & Sons) 137/2 Herbert's Complete Works... Pickering's handsome library edition, printed in large antique type by Whittingham. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. 661 A Handbook of Astronomy (cover, brown leather, detached, 5 plates, antique letterpress [etc.]). 1997 M. Z. Bradley Gravelight viii. 184 The first half had facing pages in English and French, both in antique type and neither easy to read. < as lemmas |
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