Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who letters; one who marks or cuts the letters of an inscription, a title, or the like: as, a book-letterer.
Wiktionary
- n. A person who is professionally employed to add writing to something (as a sign, shop window, etc.)
- n. A particular profession in the production of comics, an artist specializing in neatly writing written material such as dialogue.
- n. A device for printing letters of text.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who makes, inscribes, or engraves, alphabetical letters.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a painter of letters
Examples
“The letters are a joy to see on the page, and his style fits in well with the series 'original and long term letterer, Chris Eliopoulos, and one-time replacement John Workman.”
“Rosen, Joe (December 25, 1920 – October 12, 2009) Comic-book letterer The Comics Reporter obit; Todd Klein tribute”
“But you're not done yet: there's one more person you need to produce your graphic novel: a letterer.”
Division of Labor in Graphic Novels, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“And the 1955 logo comes full circle: It was a DC artist/letterer -- Ira Schapp, father of the classic "Action Comics" logo -- who reportedly also designed the CCA seal.”
The Washington Post: QUICK POST: Only 56 years later, the CCA seal of censorship is dead
“Turns out, this really was a "lost Conan adventure", one that he did a long time ago when he worked as a letterer on Finnish Conan comics ... he's done a bunch more like this, but they were all misplaced, and when this one turned up a few months ago, he posted it on the web!”
“Neither fellow is quite a letterer yet, so I'll transcribe the words as well.”
“Those companies 'comic books are usually produced by a team: scripter, penciller, inker, letterer, colorist, and sometimes others.”
“The original Smith and Tinker were, of course, the inventors of Tik-Tok, the clockwork man in Ozma of Oz. And master comics letterer Todd Klein, whom I've quoted about the Robin logo, reviews the latest issue of The Baum Bugle.”
“As letterer Todd Klein explained on his blog: "Neil and the DC staffers involved felt the lettering on these issues reproduced so badly when enlarged it was worth having me redo it.”
“Through Laura Koenig's Bib-Laura-graphy (easier to say than it looks), I found letterer Nate Peikos's helpful “Comics Grammar & Tradition” article at Blambot.”
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