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block letter

noun

  1. Printing. a sans-serif typeface or letter, usually compressed and having tight curves.
  2. a simple, hand-printed capital letter.


block letter

noun

  1. Also calledblock capital a plain capital letter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of block letter1

First recorded in 1905–10
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The artist’s last name is written in block letters along one edge, but there’s some confusion over whether the artist or the school added it later as an identifier.

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In thick block letters, it reads Thump Records and is open for vending.

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Harris-Walz are reclaiming flags and “freedom” as the language of patriotism, displayed in giant block letters behind many speakers who talked about how Republicans have bastardized both.

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Recognizable for a shaved scalp tattoed with demonic images and with the words “God hates us all” tattooed in block letters along his left arm, King now gets around the city by subway.

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The words were written in block letters in Snook’s own handwriting.

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