black-letter
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A Northern European style of type, with contrasting thick-and-thin, angular strokes forming upright letterforms, and usually set with a dark typographic colour on the page.
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Text set in black-letter type.
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The basic standard elements for a particular field of law, which are generally known and free from doubt or dispute.
Synonyms
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Written or printed in black letter.
“a black-letter manuscript or book”
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Given to the study of books in black letter; old-fashioned.
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Of or relating to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days; unlucky; inauspicious.
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