A heavy, ornate, early printing type, as contrasted with the later, lighter ‘Roman’ type. Cf. Gothic, adj. 5b, Old English, n. 3.
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| 释义 | society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > style of type > [noun] > type face or font > black letter or Gothic (14) black letter1639 A heavy, ornate, early printing type, as contrasted with the later, lighter ‘Roman’ type. Cf. Gothic, adj. 5b, Old English, n. 3. black character1659 = black letter, n. black print1727 = black letter, n. 1. Now rare. blackface1767 Typography. Originally: black-letter type; (in later use chiefly) boldface type. Now usually attributive (see compounds 3). Subcategories:— types of (8) — resembling (1) — used in inscriptions (1) |
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