black letter
A highly calligraphic Western European script style used from approximately 1150A highly calligraphic Western European script style used from approximately 1150.: A Northern European style of type based on the script, with contrasting thick-and-thin, angular strokes forming upright letterforms, and usually set with a dark typographic colour on the page.
» The backgrounds is black and the letters are white.
Meaning
3 sensesA highly calligraphic Western European script style used from approximately 1150.
(countable, uncountable)A Northern European style of type based on the script, with contrasting thick-and-thin, angular strokes forming upright letterforms, and usually set with a dark typographic colour on the page.
Bruchschrift, gebrochene Schrift, Fraktur
(countable, uncountable)Text set in black-letter type.
Frakturtext
(countable, uncountable)The basic standard elements for a particular field of law, which are generally known and free from doubt or dispute.
- a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
Examples
1 sentencesThe backgrounds is black and the letters are white.
Translations
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Forms
plural: black lettersSynonyms
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