Small Letter (Noun)
Meaning
The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The font was designed with a distinctive small_letter style that made it easy to read.
- In the old printing press, the small_letter characters were stored separately from the uppercase letters.
- The typesetter carefully selected the small_letter characters to ensure the text flowed smoothly.
- The small_letter characters in the font were designed to be more compact than the uppercase letters.
- The printer's apprentice learned to identify the small_letter characters quickly in order to set the type correctly.