lettering

This early-to-mid 19th century craft involves applying artwork, lettering and gold leaf backwards onto glass panes, as often seen in traditional pubs or shop fronts.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

His custom designs range variously include the Miesha name, a half-lady ghost-butterfly, splattered imagery, quotes in cursive and barbed wire lettering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

The lettering had been stripped from the building, leaving only a faint imprint of the school’s name on the facade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

The illuminated manuscript depicting the four Gospels of the Christian New Testament has been described as "the work of angels" due to the complexity of its lettering and illustrations.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

Natalie’s calligraphy-like printing mixed together with Emma’s mad-scientist-style scrawl; even the pretty lettering got messier and messier, the farther he looked down the page.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

She drew her breath with a quick gasp of delight as the treasure came into sight,—a long, flat-shaped box, deeply carved with letterings, mingled with the most grotesque of figures.

From An Unknown Lover by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

He drew near, attracted by the sight of these books bound in parrot-blue and cabbage-green paper, embossed with silver and golden letterings.

From Against the Grain by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

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

Plain script, Old English or Roman are the only letterings used.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

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