平体

Japanese
Kanji in this term
平 体
へい
Grade: 3		 たい
Grade: 2
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
平體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

平 (“flat”) +‎ 体 (“form”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) へーたい [hèétáí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [he̞ːta̠i]

Noun

平(へい)体(たい) • (heitai) 

  1. (typography) the form of a glyph whose height is scaled down, originally with a distorting lens in phototypesetting
    Coordinate terms: 斜体 (shatai), 正体 (seitai), 長体 (chōtai)

Usage notes
  • 平(体)1 (平(体)1) means the height is scaled down by 10% (from 100% to 90%).
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