black letter
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black letter (countable and uncountable; plural black letters)
- (typography) A Northern European style of type, with contrasting thick-and-thin, angular strokes forming upright letterforms, and usually set with a dark typographic colour on the page.
- Text set in black-letter type.
- (law) The basic standard elements for a particular field of law, which are generally known and free from doubt or dispute.
[edit] Synonyms
- (typeface): gothic
- (typeface): Old English
[edit] Hyponyms
- (typeface): textura
- (typeface): fraktur
- (typeface): bastarda, Schwabacher
- (typeface): rotunda
- (typeface): quadrata
[edit] Coordinate terms
- (typeface): antiqua
- (typeface): whiteletter
[edit] Quotations
- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.