black letter

Noun

 * 1)  A highly calligraphic Western European script style used from approximately 1150.
 * 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.
 * 3) Text set in black-letter type.
 * 4)  The basic standard elements for a particular field of law, which are generally known and free from doubt or dispute.
 * 1) Text set in black-letter type.
 * 2)  The basic standard elements for a particular field of law, which are generally known and free from doubt or dispute.
 * 1)  The basic standard elements for a particular field of law, which are generally known and free from doubt or dispute.

Derived terms

 * black-letter law

Translations

 * Esperanto: frakturo
 * Finnish: goottilainen kirjaintyyli,
 * French:
 * German: Bruchschrift, gebrochene Schrift,, gotische Schrift
 * Hungarian: gót betű
 * Polish:


 * German: Frakturtext