sédanoise

French

Etymology

From Sedan +‎ -oise. Its typographic use derives from the residence in Sedan of Jean Jannon, who created it for his miniature editions of Vergil, Horace, & the New Testament in the 1620s, the smallest printed works to his time.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /se.da.nwaz/

Adjective

sédanoise

feminine singular of sédanois

Noun

sédanoise f (uncountable)

(printing, dated) a small size of type