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It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type. <br>   </div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px;"class=definition>( <i> a. </i> ) <br> Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book. <br>   </div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px;"class=definition>( <i> a. </i> ) <br> Of or pertaining to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days. Hence: Unlucky; inauspicious. <br>   </div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px;"class=definition>( <i> a. </i> ) <br> Given to the study of books in black letter; that is, of old books; out of date. <br>   </div> Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. <a href="bword://About Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)"> About </a></div><div class=dictionary_title><img class=icon src=https://bis.babylon-software.com/?rt=GetFile&uri=!!6FD6F25V72&type=1&index=11> hEnglish - advanced version</div><div class=definition><div style="margin-bottom: 20px;"class=definition><hr><b> black-letter </b><br> \black"-let`ter\, a. <br><b> <i> 1. </i> </b> written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book. <br><b> <i> 2. </i> </b> given to the study of books in black letter; that is, of old books; out of date. kemble, a black-letter man! boaden. <br><b> <i> 3. </i> </b> of or pertaining to the days in the calendar not marked with red letters as saints' days. hence: unlucky; inauspicious. <br><hr></div></div></div><div class=dictionary_box><div class=sub_category><a href=/language/thesaurus/> Thesaurus Dictionaries </a></div><div class=dictionary_title><img class=icon src=https://bis.babylon-software.com/?rt=GetFile&uri=!!P8YDXW3J0T&type=1&index=11> WordNet 2.0</div><div class=definition><div style="margin-bottom: 20px;"class=definition><hr><b> <font color=blue> Noun </font> </b><br> 1. a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries <br><font color=blue> (synonym) </font> Gothic <br><font color=blue> (hypernym) </font> font, fount, typeface, face <br></div></div></div><a name=encyclopedia> </a><div class=category_title><strong> Black letter </strong> Definition from <a href=/encyclopedia/> Encyclopedia </a> Dictionaries & Glossaries</div><div class=dictionary_box><div class=sub_category><a href=/encyclopedia/wikipedia-english/> Wikipedia Dictionaries </a></div><div class=dictionary_title><img class=icon src=https://bis.babylon-software.com/?rt=GetFile&uri=!!ARV6FUJ2JP&type=1&index=11> English Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia</div><div class=definition><div style="margin-bottom: 20px;"class=definition><div><div><b> Blackletter </b> , also known as <b> Gothic script </b> , <b> Gothic minuscule </b> , or <b> Textura </b> , was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 to well into the 17th century. It continued to be used for the German language until the 20th century. Fraktur is a notable script of this type, and sometimes the entire group of Blackletter faces is incorrectly referred to as Fraktur. Blackletter is sometimes called <b> Old English </b> , but it is not to be confused with the Old English language, despite the popular, though mistaken, belief that the language was written with blackletter. The Old English, or Anglo-Saxon, language predates blackletter by many centuries, and was itself written in the insular script, or Futhorc runes before that.</div></div><br><table><tbody><tr><td width=40><img src=https://bis.babylon-software.com/?rt=GetFile&uri=!!ARV6FUJ2JP&type=0&index=3183><td>See more at Wikipedia.org...</table></div> Â© This article uses material from <b> Wikipedia <sup> Â® </sup> </b> and is licensed under the <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License> GNU Free Documentation License </a> and under the <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License> Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License </a></div></div></div></div><div class=g_ad_def_p><script>GA_googleFillSlot("New_Dictionary468x60");</script></div><div class=clearfix></div></div></div><div style="width:300px;float:right; padding-top:20px;"><div 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