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black letter

noun

Printing.
  1. a heavy-faced type in a style like that of early European hand lettering and the earliest printed books.


black letter

noun

  1. printing another name for Gothic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • -t adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of black letter1

First recorded in 1630–40
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So Friday morning, coach Sean McVay arrived at the team’s Woodland Hills facility with a message inscribed in black letters on a paperweight:

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"Not only is this rule not authorized by existing law and is actually contrary to black letter Georgia law, but it presents very serious security and chain of custody concerns."

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And just in case I had missed it, there was a framed drawing on yellow construction paper by his daughter that said in big black letters: “Pulitzer Prize Finalist.”

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Those five words, written in large black letters on a white poster, prompted Bruce Springsteen to help a young fan skip a day of school after his San Francisco concert on Sunday.

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In bold black letters it reads "Humanitarian Support to Palestinians at risk of forcible transfer in the West Bank".

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