Glossary Term Definition
In Greek typography, a simplified accent system using only the acute accent (tonos), adopted in 1982 to replace the polytonic system with its multiple diacritical marks.
Definition
In Greek typography, a simplified accent system using only the acute accent (tonos), adopted in 1982 to replace the polytonic system with its multiple diacritical marks. Monotonic Greek requires fewer sorts and is standard in modern Greek printing, while polytonic remains essential for classical and scholarly texts.
Source
No access — Robert Bringhurst — p. 327:
A simplified accent system using only the acute accent.