nonpareille
9.9
A very small size of printed letters used for footnotes and fine print
- noun
- /ˌnɒn.pəˈreɪl/
- Archaic
:
no pareille
- The typesetter requested a font smaller than minion, choosing nonpareille for the project.
Examples
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Old printing presses often used nonpareille for footnotes or fine print.
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The book was printed in nonpareille type.
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The headline was set in nonpareille to fit more words on the page.
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I prefer nonpareille for small text in my documents.
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Old printing presses often used nonpareille for footnotes or fine print.
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The typesetter requested a font smaller than minion, choosing nonpareille for the project.
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I prefer nonpareille for small text in my documents.
Surface Forms
nonpareille singular
nonpareilles plural
Etymology
The word nonpareille comes from French parts non- 'not' and pareil 'equal', so it originally meant 'without equal'. Printers later used nonpareille as the name of a very small size of type, so the origin helps you remember it refers to very small, fine print.
