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Brilliant

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-000775

A very small historical type size, typically 3 or 3.5 points, used in traditional letterpress printing. This minute size was employed for extremely fine print, such as in miniature books or for very detailed annotations. It is among the smallest type sizes ever cast for printing.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-000775
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial printing
TranslationsGerman: Brilliant; Spanish: brilliant; French: brillant
Record as JSON 
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  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A very small historical type size, typically 3 or 3.5 points, used in traditional letterpress printing. This minute size was employed for extremely fine print, such as in miniature books or for very detailed annotations. It is among the smallest type sizes ever cast for printing.",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Brilliant",
    "es": "brilliant",
    "fr": "brillant"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/brilliant/"
}

Record 848 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.