Lettering

n.	1.	The act or business of making, or marking with, letters, as by cutting or painting.
	2.	The letters made; as, the lettering of a sign.

Noun

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lettering - letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something Synonyms: inscription

Italian hand, Spencerian writing, block letter, bold hand, book hand, chancery hand, copperplate hand, coup de plume, cryptography, cursive, cursive hand, engrossment, epigraph, initialing, ink spilling, inkslinging, inscription, law hand, longhand, macrography, majuscule script, micrography, minuscule script, pen, pen-and-ink, pencil driving, printing, round hand, scrivenery, scrivening, secret writing, text hand, transcription, transliteration, typewriting, typing, uncial, writing