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  • present participle of letter.
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lettering

[let-er-ing] / ˈlɛt ər ɪŋ /
NOUN
block letter
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Mosaic tile lettering on the floors marking each apartment number is a recreation of the originals.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

In December, the board decided to rename the institution and new lettering bearing Trump's full name was affixed to the centre's front portico the next day.

From BBC May 29, 2026

Sharp lettering sits side-by-side with jovial illustrations of cannons, sombreros and brujas.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

Their custom lettering, expression in sugar, or giant-sized for parties.

From Salon Feb. 5, 2026

It’s a thick collection of tales from the Mahabharata with gold lettering on the cover and bright colorful pictures inside.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani

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

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

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

Huge letterings hang disfiguring all the blue To vaunt the grace of SNOBKINS's high-heel'd Shoe.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 6, 1890 by Various

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




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