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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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  • black-letter adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of black letter1

First recorded in 1630–40

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