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Nov 19, 2008
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Black Letter

The Gothic or German type. So called because of its black appearance. The initial items of this book are now called “black letter,” sometimes called “Clarendon type.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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