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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
black letter, [Print.]
  1. a heavy-faced type in a style like that of early European hand lettering and the earliest printed books. Also called text. 
  • 1630–40
black-letter, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
black letter n
  1. another name for Gothic
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