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church text

American  

noun

Printing.

  1. Old English.

church text British  

noun

  1. a heavy typeface in Gothic style

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Etymology

Origin of church text

First recorded in 1675–85

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The roof was ornamented with Runic characters and other grotesque and half-effaced inscriptions, while the sides were embellished with Gothic tracery, amid which the letters I.H.S., carved in ancient church text, could be easily distinguished.

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison

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