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

Sony said the renovations will honor “its historic legacy and singular moviegoing experience,” leaving the iconic red and blue exterior lettering intact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

From Salon ● May 22, 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

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

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 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

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