Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act, process, or art of forming letters.
- noun Letters inscribed, as on a sign.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Specifically, in bookbinding, the act or process of affixing the alphabetical letters to the notched front margin of an indexed book; also, the addition of the name of the book on its back.
- noun The act of stamping or marking with letters.
- noun The letters impressed or marked upon anything; any inscription, as on a signboard, coin, or tombstone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or business of making, or marking with, letters, as by cutting or painting.
- noun The letters made.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
letter . - noun Written, especially printed, text.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
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Examples
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If this lettering is typical of the work, then please remove all lettering from the pitch.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Comic Reviews: Atomic Robo 1-5 2009
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I love this poster because of the great photo they use and the elegant interaction of the title lettering around the characters, especially Tilda Swinton.
Check This Out: Beautiful Poster for Tilda Swinton's I Am Love « FirstShowing.net 2010
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The lines in the title lettering are reminiscent of the titling used for the TV series M.A.S.H.
Archive 2008-03-01 The Brillig Blogger 2008
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The lines in the title lettering are reminiscent of the titling used for the TV series M.A.S.H.
Stop Loss The Brillig Blogger 2008
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There is something about seeing the screen compressed into the size of a playing card which gives a distinctive, piercing vividness to the frozen images, particularly the title lettering, which at this size almost seems to glow or scintillate, like an optical illusion.
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The logos for Warner Brothers and the other participating studios appear on screen covered in playful scrawls and doodles, and the title lettering comes up in a friendly, wavering kid-script.
unknown title 2009
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I always loved the title lettering in the HB comics.
John K Stuff 2009
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So, as you can see, even if you were to print the title lettering yourself and make the photo frames out of scrap paper … you would still be paying $1.18 minimum for the hand scrapped page and compare that to the max digital page and you only have 4¢ difference.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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More appealing for English readers with the Eiffel Tower maybe, but the lettering is a bit weird …
cover up 2008
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The lettering is behind me, but I think again that it will be a bit more legible with a couple more rows of garter stitch on top of it.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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