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black letter

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black letter
n.
A heavy typeface with very broad counters and thick ornamental serifs. Also called gothic, Old English.
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black letter

black letter
n
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing another name for Gothic [10]
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Noun1.black letter - a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
font, fount, typeface, face, case - a specific size and style of type within a type family


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