black letter
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noun Printing.
a heavy-faced type in a style like that of early European hand lettering and the earliest printed books.
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Also called text.
Origin of black letter
First recorded in 1630–40
OTHER WORDS FROM black letter
black-letter, adjectiveWords nearby black letter
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British Dictionary definitions for black letter
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