blackletter

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A form of black letter — A Northern European style of type based on the script, with contrasting thick-and-thin, angular strokes forming upright letterforms, and usually set with a dark typographic colour on the page.

UncommonScrabble 19
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Meanings

nounblackletter (countable and uncountable, plural blackletters)

plural blackletters

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of black letter.
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APA

blackletter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackletter

MLA

“blackletter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackletter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blackletter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackletter.

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