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lettering

[let-er-ing] / ˈlɛt ər ɪŋ /
NOUN
block letter
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The result was the firm’s new corporate branding, a sleek, cobalt-hued identity revealed last week with lettering inspired by ancient legal slabs and photographic effects inspired by rocket launches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

I can still picture the tram driver who patched together my grandmother’s clunker and the sign maker lettering Jesus’ words along the road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Mosaic tile lettering on the floors marking each apartment number is a recreation of the originals.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 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

From where we stood looking up, the branches perfectly framed the engraved lettering in the arch above the front door of the administration building.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

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

Gilt letterings are an indication of ignorance, and so are brightly colored engraving or highly tinted paper.

From Book of Etiquette Volume I by Lillian Eichler

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 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


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