- 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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The result was the firm’s new corporate branding, a sleek, cobalt-hued identity revealed last week with lettering inspired by ancient legal slabs and photographic effects inspired by rocket launches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
In the latest instance, White & Case last week unveiled new corporate branding that includes lettering inspired by ancient legal slabs and photographic effects echoing rocket launches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
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
The gold lettering reads, “Gracias Dios por este logro — Thank you, God, for this accomplishment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
I knew the first one was from Carlos, but not all the rest of them, because I didn’t recognize the lettering, plus they were too loose.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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
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 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
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
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
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