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Meaning of leaded type | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Printed type which is set with extra leading in such a way as to give the text greater emphasis.
    historical, uncountable, usually
  2. Printed type in general, as opposed to engravings or handwritten documents.
    historical, uncountable, usually

Examples

“A thousand editors have screamed in leaded type that it were "worse for the wealthy to hoard than waste.”
“There, in leaded type, was the article before him. It seemed, somehow, much more important on the printed page than it had looked in the proof.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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