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–noun Printing.
a heavy-faced type in a style like that of early European hand lettering and the earliest printed books.
Also called text.

Origin:
1630–40

Related forms:
black-letter, adjective
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n.  A heavy typeface with very broad counters and thick ornamental serifs. Also called gothic, Old English.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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