lettering

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of letter

plural letterings

1. countableuncountableWritten text, especially when printed.

   The lettering on the sign made it clear that intruders were unwelcome.

   2 more examples

   On a recent afternoon a work crew and crane were affixing the tall lettering to the side of the team’s new stadium, just off the autobahn in Sinsheim, a few miles from Hoffenheim.

   2009 January 22, Nicholas Kulish, “Soccer Titan Raises Profile of Tiny Village”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

   She was wearing a boys’ white t-shirt with “No Fear” written in blue lettering on the front, blue Piqua High School shorts, and black sandals.

   2026 August 6, Nicholas Muhoro, “An Ohio Teen Vanished During a One-Mile Drive in 1994. Her Locked Car Was Found Hours Later”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026

2. countableuncountableDesigned text.

   The lettering on the sign was very tidy.

3. countableuncountablecomicsThe inking of text onto comic pages during production.