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light face Typogr.
[f. light a.1 + face n. 22.]
A kind of type in which the letters are made up of thin strokes. Also attrib. Hence light-faced a. Cf. heavy face (face n. 22, heavy a.1 15).
1871Amer. Encycl. Printing 275 Light-Faces, numerous varieties of job type, in which the lines of the letters are unusually light or thin. 1898J. Southward Mod. Printing I. xxii. 140 The first would be called a light face, and the second a heavy face. Ibid. xxiv. 155 In the case of light-faced letters, they are spoiled for good work after the first time of using. 1917F. S. Henry Printing for School & Shop vii. 90 Dainty, light-faced type. 1962Corson & Lorrain Introd. Electromagn. Fields i. 1 Lightface type will indicate either a scalar quantity or the magnitude of a vector quantity. 1963Kenneison & Spilman Dict. Printing 115 Light face, descriptive of a type-face of fine appearance as opposed to medium and bold lines. 1970W. P. Jaspert et al. Encycl. Type Faces (ed. 4) p. ix, We speak also of bold-faced and light-faced types, referring to the thickness or thinness of the strokes of the letter. |
