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  • present participle of letter.
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lettering

[let-er-ing] / ˈlɛt ər ɪŋ /
NOUN
block letter
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Accessorizing the lock box was a button with bold white lettering screaming at me to “PUSH FOR ASSISTANCE.”

From Salon May 22, 2026

Among them, a worn “Army of Alphabetizers” badge from Cuba’s 1961 literacy campaign, its lettering nearly faded.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

Sharp lettering sits side-by-side with jovial illustrations of cannons, sombreros and brujas.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

The illuminated manuscript depicting the four Gospels of the Christian New Testament has been described as "the work of angels" due to the complexity of its lettering and illustrations.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2026

She takes the hardbound green volume, with gold lettering and a line drawing of a girl with abundant red hair in a chignon on the front, and opens it.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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

They would rejoice to devote a leisure hour to pensive letterings in a pleasure-garden, and on an occasional holiday would gladly pursue even their severest studies, book in hand, amidst verdant bowers.

From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson

He found himself occupying the center of an enormous mandarin rug, with letterings and grotesque designs in rich blood-reds, and blues and yellows and browns.

From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Gayle Porter Hoskins

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

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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