lettering
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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
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
Accessorizing the lock box was a button with bold white lettering screaming at me to “PUSH FOR ASSISTANCE.”
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
Among them, a worn “Army of Alphabetizers” badge from Cuba’s 1961 literacy campaign, its lettering nearly faded.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
The lettering was so small and exact that I had to stand up on the carpet and put my bare eyeballs inches away from the map even to guess each location.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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
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
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
It was an outline map of England, apparently sketched by Meynell himself, as the notes and letterings were in his handwriting.
From The Case of Richard Meynell by Mrs. Humphry Ward
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
