black letter

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English - Turkish
gotik matbaa harfi
gotik harf
black letter day
şanssız gün
English - English
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
The basic standard elements for a particular field of law, which are generally known and free from doubt or dispute
The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed
Old English or Fraktur type classification
Any of various type families based on medieval handwriting See also gothic
a general description of the gothic type faces used in early printing
An old style of typeface used in Germany in the 15th century, also referred to as Old English (US) and Gothic (UK)
It was conspicuous for its blackness
n. A heavy typeface with very broad counters and thick ornamental serifs. Also called gothic, Old English. or Gothic script or Old English script Style of alphabet used in handwriting throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. It features uniform vertical strokes that end on the baseline, angular lines instead of smooth curves and circles, and the overlapping of convex forms. Black letter and roman were the dominant letter shapes of medieval typography. The only extant work known to have been printed by Johannes Gutenberg, the 42-line Bible (1450s), was set in black-letter type. Roman type largely superseded it in the Renaissance, though black letter persisted in Germany well into the 20th century. Today black letter is often used for diplomas, Christmas cards, and liturgical writings
a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
bklr
black letters
plural form of black letter
black-letter
Attributive form of black letter

black-letter law.

black-letter law
The law as a set of specific concrete rules set down by longstanding precedents
black-letter day
unlucky day
blackletter
Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book
blackletter
Of or pertaining to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days
blackletter
Given to the study of books in black letter; that is, of old books; out of date
blackletter
alternative spelling of black letter
blackletter
Hence: Unlucky; inauspicious
black letter

    Hyphenation

    black let·ter

    Turkish pronunciation

    bläk letır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈblak ˈletər/ /ˈblæk ˈlɛtɜr/

    Etymology

    [ 'blak ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah black, and probably to Latin flagrare to burn, Greek phlegein.
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