noun. A size of printing-type measuring 112 lines to the foot, next larger than minion and smaller than bourgeois. The larger type of this Dictionary, as in the present paragraph, is brevier.

noun. Figuratively, something smaller than another taken as a norm. Coues, Key to N. A. Birds.

noun. A size of type between bourgeois and minion.

noun. A size of type between bourgeois and minion.

"Murray used four bold fonts: a large-face bold Egyptian, a large-face lighter Egyptian, a small-face lighter Egyptian – all cast on brevier (about 7½ pt) and a nonpareil bold (about 6 pt)."