- present participle of letter.
noun
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the act, art, or technique of inscribing letters on to something
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the letters so inscribed
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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
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 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
Seoul’s iconic landmarks, from the Namsan Seoul Tower to a historic royal-palace gate, were illuminated with the “Arirang” lettering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
That was when he spotted a sliver of a book with old, black binding and silver lettering that read Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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 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
Its walls were surmounted by a battlemented parapet; but the gray lead roofs were quite visible behind it, with their gutters, laps, rolls, and skylights, together with incised letterings and shoe-patterns cut by idlers thereon.
From The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
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
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
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