occhio di mosca

Italian

Etymology

See occhio + mosca. Coined as a typographic term by Antonio Farina, who was the first to cut such a size in Italy in 1834.

Noun

occhio di mosca m (plural occhi di mosca)

1. a fly's eye
2. (uncountable, printing, dated) pearl (a small size of type, standardized as 5 point)

Synonyms

• parigina