in 6-point type?
Does anyone suppose that the competent critic, even if he had it in his power to write, say, the leading article in The Times Literary Supplement (no less would be deseved by such a book), would write anything more than a short notice, in 6-point type, in the bibliographical part of that paper ?

I would like to know what does "in 6-point type" here mean. Thanks.

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in 6-point type?
Does anyone suppose that the competent critic, even if he had it in his power to write, say, the leading article in The Times Literary Supplement (no less would be deseved by such a book), would write anything more than a short notice, in 6-point type, in the bibliographical part of that paper ?

I would like to know what does "in 6-point type" here mean. Thanks.

Answer

The customary name for printing that is tiny is "fine print." Fine print is often used for material that you do not expect most readers to care about or read. (It is often used for disclosures that the law requires people to make).

"Fine print" is the usual name. The writer is trying to amuse us by being creative by saying "6 point type" instead. 6 point type is very fine print indeed. Try setting the font size to 6 points on your computer and then print it and see for yourself!

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It describes the print size. If something is in six-point type, the letters would be very small.