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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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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

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

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

He completes the look with chestnut-brown Birkenstocks and a blue cap that says plants with Dodgers lettering.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

He nodded to Calder and began lettering S-H-A-R with an indelible marker on the outside.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

Huge letterings hang disfiguring all the blue To vaunt the grace of SNOBKINS's high-heel'd Shoe.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 6, 1890 by Various

He had got the books into perfect order now, and had mended the torn leaves, and had pasted up the broken backs, and substituted neat labels for the worn-out letterings.

From Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens

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

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

Plain script, Old English or Roman are the only letterings used.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter




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