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lettering

[let-er-ing] / ˈlɛt ər ɪŋ /
NOUN
block letter
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In the latest instance, White & Case last week unveiled new corporate branding that includes lettering inspired by ancient legal slabs and photographic effects echoing rocket launches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“DF-15A” was printed in bold, black lettering on its side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

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

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

This morning there was a piece of paper taped to the inside of the glass, with handwritten lettering on it.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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

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

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

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

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


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