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Definition of Hair space
1. Noun. (printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters.
Definition of Hair space
1. Noun. (letterpress) A piece of metal type used to create the narrowest space. ¹
2. Noun. (typography) The narrowest space appearing between letters and punctuation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hair Space
Literary usage of Hair space
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking: Containing a History of by Wesley Washington Pasko (1894)
"The hair space varies from a sixth to an eighth, and according to good usage
ought only to be used in correcting a form "after it is made up. ..."
2. The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition; a Treatise on Spelling by Theodore Low De Vinne (1904)
"The capital A, with its broad-angled shoulder, does not need this intervening
hair-space, nor is it needed in a closing quote that follows a period or comma ..."
3. Printing for School and Shop: A Textbook for Printers' Apprentices by Frank Souder Henry (1917)
"The hair-space varies in the number to an em. It is approximately one point thick
for the smaller sizes of type and two points thick for the larger sizes. ..."
4. The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition; a Treatise on Spelling by Theodore Low De Vinne (1902)
"The capital A, with its broad-angled shoulder, does not need this intervening
hair-space, nor is it needed in a closing quote that follows a period or comma ..."
5. Punctuation, and Other Typographical Matters: For the Use of Printers by Marshall Train Bigelow (1895)
"... if the period be made three to an em, it ia unnecessarily thick and usually
has a shoulder, and looks as if a hair-space were put upon one side of it. ..."
6. The Monotype System: A Book for Owners & Operators of Monotypes by Lanston Monotype Machine Company (1912)
"... the*Casting*Ma- chine*exactly*as you*see*it*h ere and,*to*save*time,
that*machine*casts the*hair-space*of the*size*required as*a*shoulder*on the*type. ..."
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