English Dictionary

black letter

noun

(calligraphy) A highly calligraphic Western European script style used from approximately 1150.

The lawyer received a black letter from the court.

意味（1）

(calligraphy) A highly calligraphic Western European script style used from approximately 1150.

意味（2）

(typography) 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.

Also we discovered what is still more curious, an English version of the black-letter Latin.

意味（3）

Text set in black-letter type.

意味（4）

(law) The basic standard elements for a particular field of law, which are generally known and free from doubt or dispute.