'Black letter' definitions:
Definition of 'black letter'
(from WordNet)
noun
A heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries [syn: Gothic, black letter]
Definition of 'Black letter'
From: GCIDE
- Black letter \Black" let`ter\ The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type. [1913 Webster]