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black letter
noun
: a heavy angular condensed typeface used especially by the earliest European printers and based on handwriting used chiefly in the 13th to 15th centuries
also
: this style of handwriting
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“Black letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20letter. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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