black letter

noun Printing.

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

Also called text.

Origin of black letter

First recorded in 1630–40

OTHER WORDS FROM black letter

black-letter, adjective

Words nearby black letter

black knight, black knot, black land, black lead, blackleg, black letter, black-letter day, black light, black-light trap, black liquor, blacklist

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Example sentences from the Web for black letter

Not only in black-letter quartos was he interested, but also in the garden.
Great Ralegh|Hugh De Selincourt
The early chapbooks were the direct descendants of the black-letter tracts of Wynkyn de Worde.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7|Various
Tyrwhitt substitutes to overlive, from the black-letter editions.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales|Geoffrey Chaucer
Of this work I have now before me four different editions in black-letter quarto.
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume II (of 3)|Thomas Percy

As far back as June 11, 1891, Mr. Morris spoke of printing a Chaucer with a black-letter fount, which he hoped to design.
William Morris|Elizabeth Luther Cary

British Dictionary definitions for black letter

black letter

noun

printing another name for Gothic (def. 10)

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单词	black letter
释义	black letter noun Printing. a heavy-faced type in a style like that of early European hand lettering and the earliest printed books. Also called text. Origin of black letter First recorded in 1630–40 OTHER WORDS FROM black letter black-letter, adjective Words nearby black letter black knight, black knot, black land, black lead, blackleg, black letter, black-letter day, black light, black-light trap, black liquor, blacklist Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for black letter Not only in black-letter quartos was he interested, but also in the garden. Great Ralegh\|Hugh De Selincourt The early chapbooks were the direct descendants of the black-letter tracts of Wynkyn de Worde. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7\|Various Tyrwhitt substitutes to overlive, from the black-letter editions. Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales\|Geoffrey Chaucer Of this work I have now before me four different editions in black-letter quarto. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume II (of 3)\|Thomas Percy As far back as June 11, 1891, Mr. Morris spoke of printing a Chaucer with a black-letter fount, which he hoped to design. William Morris\|Elizabeth Luther Cary British Dictionary definitions for black letter black letter noun printing another name for Gothic (def. 10) 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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