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lettering

Pronunciation:  'leturing

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
 
 Synonyms: inscription
 
 See Also: epigraph, epitaph, piece of writing, Rosetta stone, superscription, writing, written material

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Let"ter*ing\, n.
1. The act or business of making, or marking with, letters,
   as by cutting or painting.

2. The letters made; as, the lettering of a sign.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: block letter, bold hand, book hand, chancery hand, copperplate hand, coup de plume, cryptography, cursive, cursive hand, engrossment, epigraph, initialing, ink spilling, inkslinging, inscription, Italian hand, law hand, longhand, macrography, majuscule script, micrography, minuscule script, pen, pen-and-ink, pencil driving, printing, round hand, scrivenery, scrivening, secret writing, Spencerian writing, text hand, transcription, transliteration, typewriting, typing, uncial, writing
 

 

 

 

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