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 2024, the firm shortened its identity to just “Freshfields,” dropped the angelic emblem in external communications and began using block lettering more synonymous with online startups and streetwear brands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
His custom designs range variously include the Miesha name, a half-lady ghost-butterfly, splattered imagery, quotes in cursive and barbed wire lettering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
In December, the board decided to rename the institution and new lettering bearing Trump's full name was affixed to the centre's front portico the next day.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
The Holy Bible is written in swirly gold lettering on black vinyl.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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
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
She drew her breath with a quick gasp of delight as the treasure came into sight,—a long, flat-shaped box, deeply carved with letterings, mingled with the most grotesque of figures.
From An Unknown Lover by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
It was an outline map of England, apparently sketched by Meynell himself, as the notes and letterings were in his handwriting.
From The Case of Richard Meynell by Mrs. Humphry Ward
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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