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black letter

–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


black-letter, adjective
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Main Entry: black–let·ter
Function: adjective
: having wide acceptance and great authority and often written down <black–letter law>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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