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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.