block letter
noun
: an often hand-drawn simple capital letter composed of strokes of uniform thickness
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The city names were displayed in a retro poster underneath the headline ‘Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour’ in block letters with a couple of black-and-white images of the musician holding a banjo and rocking a cowboy hat while giving a wave.
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
But what stopped me in my tracks was the stone just in front of Andy’s, on which was carved, in large block letters, my own surname, Rusinko.
—Elaine Rusinko, airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
This custom love token necklace can be personalized with up to five small block letters.
—Brittany Talarico, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
That’s Odom Field now, her grandparents’ name in big block letters on the scoreboard.
—Matthew Futterman and Scott McIntyre, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
But what stopped me in my tracks was the stone just in front of Andy’s, on which was carved, in large block letters, my own surname, Rusinko.
—Elaine Rusinko, airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
This custom love token necklace can be personalized with up to five small block letters.
—Brittany Talarico, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
That’s Odom Field now, her grandparents’ name in big block letters on the scoreboard.
—Matthew Futterman and Scott McIntyre, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
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“Block letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/block%20letter. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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