leaded type noun2 •(historical) Printed type which is set with extra leading in such a way as to give the text greater emphasis.A thousand editors have screamed in leaded type that it were "worse for the wealthy to hoard than waste. — 1897 •(historical) Printed type in general, as opposed to engravings or handwritten documents.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. — 1896 formsleaded types
