| 单词 | low to paper | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaslow to paper  d.  Printing.  low to paper: (of type) of less than the normal or required height from the foot of the type to the face, typically as a result of being worn down, Cf. height to paper at height n. 1c. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > 			[adjective]		 > less than normal height low to paper1755 1683    J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 384  				Low against Paper.]			 1755    J. Smith Printer's Gram. iii. 40  				Good Press-work will..shew where letters are cast either too high, or too low, to paper. 1888    Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 698/2  				Types lower than the ordinary dimension are said to be low to paper, and if surrounded by higher types will not give a perfect impression. 1922    D. B. Updike Printing Types I. ii. 34  				The standard height-to-paper is 0·918 inch. Types exceeding or falling short of this measurement are termed respectively ‘high-to-paper’ and ‘low-to-paper’. 1970    R. K. Kent Lang. Journalism 64  				Low to paper, designating type or other printing elements that have become worn down so they are no longer type-high. < as lemmas | 
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