English - Turkish
Definition of black letter in English Turkish dictionary
- gotik matbaa harfi
- gotik harf
- black letter day
- şanssız gün
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English - English
Definition of black letter in English English dictionary
- 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 Roman type largely superseded it in the Renaissance, though black letter persisted in Germany well into the 20th century.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- Given to the study of books in black letter; that is, of old books; out of date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
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black let·terTurkish pronunciation
bläk letırPronunciation
/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.Resimler
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