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Black letter Moderate

Black letter has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries

2

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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