| 单词 | white letter |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite letter white letter n. [ < white adj. + letter n.1 2b] Typography (now historical) ordinary or roman type, as opposed to the more ornate black letter n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > style of type > [noun] > type face or font > Roman Roman1548 white letter1687 antiqua1829 old style1884 1687 E. Millington Catal. Eng. Bks. C. Mearne's 1 Common Prayer..small paper white letter. c1700 S. Pepys in H. E. Rollins Pepysian Garl. (1922) Pref. p. vii The Form..of the Black Letter with Picturs, seems (for cheapness sake) wholly laid aside, for that of the White Letter without Pictures. 1717 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1902) VI. 95 It is printing..in the white Letter, contrary to Mr. Urry's mind, who was resolved upon the black Letter and would not hear of the white. 1879 W. Chappell Roxburghe Ballads II. 450 Two of the copies were issued by Whitwood.., one by Norris in white letter. 2013 A. Fox in K. D. Murphy & S. O'Driscoll Stud. in Ephemera i. v. 123 Metropolitan printers of this generation were beginning to adopt white letter, or roman type, for much of their cheapest output. < as lemmas |
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