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lettering

[let-er-ing] / ˈlɛt ər ɪŋ /
NOUN
block letter
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In 2024, the firm shortened its identity to just “Freshfields,” dropped the angelic emblem in external communications and began using block lettering more synonymous with online startups and streetwear brands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

So he spent hours scouring the internet for a replacement strip and identical lettering which, in the end, he had to iron on by hand.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

New lettering was installed the next day on the front portico.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Accessorizing the lock box was a button with bold white lettering screaming at me to “PUSH FOR ASSISTANCE.”

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

Soojin glances at the lettering on the poster I started and smiles.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

He had got the books into perfect order now, and had mended the torn leaves, and had pasted up the broken backs, and substituted neat labels for the worn-out letterings.

From Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens

He found himself occupying the center of an enormous mandarin rug, with letterings and grotesque designs in rich blood-reds, and blues and yellows and browns.

From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Gayle Porter Hoskins

They probably date from the fifteenth century, and bear all manner of devices, letterings, symbols.

From The Cornwall Coast by Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie) Salmon

The elaborate designs are stamped upon binder's English linen cloth, with side and back titles in large letterings.

From Boy Scouts in Southern Waters by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson

They would rejoice to devote a leisure hour to pensive letterings in a pleasure-garden, and on an occasional holiday would gladly pursue even their severest studies, book in hand, amidst verdant bowers.

From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson


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