cicero
English
Etymology
From its use in Pannartz and Sweynheim's 1467 Roman edition of Cicero's Epistulae ad Familiares ("Letters to My Friends").[1]
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ci‧ce‧ro
Noun
cicero (plural ciceros)
- (typography, Continental printing) The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.
Translations
12-point type
See also
References
- ^ Elsevier's Dictionary of the Printing and Allied Industries, "2827 cicero".