Black Letter Definition

noun
A heavy typeface with very broad counters and thick ornamental serifs.
American Heritage
A kind of heavy-faced, ornamental printing type.
Webster's New World

(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.

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Text set in black-letter type.

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(law) The basic standard elements for a particular field of law, which are generally known and free from doubt or dispute.

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Singular:
black letter
Plural:
black-letters

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