lettering
/ˈletərɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈletərɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈle-tə-riŋ/ (ame, mw)
lettering — noun
1. the printed or hand-drawn letters that appear on a sign, label, or surface, chos
the printed or hand-drawn letters that appear on a sign, label, or surface, chosen for a particular look such as colour, shape, or thickness.
The gold lettering on the bakery window had begun to peel after years of sun.
collocation: gold / silver / bold lettering on [surface]
Folake painted bold red lettering across the protest banner the night before the march.
verb + adjective + lettering as object of paint / draw / write
Old shop signs in the alley still carried elegant lettering from the 1950s.
Min spent the afternoon practising calligraphy lettering for her cousin's wedding invitations.
The lettering on the medicine bottle was too small for Ezra's grandmother to read.
- typography
more technical — refers to the design choices behind printed text
- script
emphasises a particular writing style or font family
- inscription
narrower — letters carved or engraved on a permanent surface like stone or metal
文法句型
the lettering on [object]
[adjective] lettering
用法筆記
Uncountable — never *a lettering / two letterings. Subject is typically the visual style of letters on a physical object (signs, packaging, banners, posters), not the abstract activity of writing letters of the alphabet.