Letter, letters, or literature may refer to:

Characters typeface

Letter (alphabet) A letter is a segmental symbol of a phonemic writing system. The inventory of all letters forms an alphabet. Letters broadly correspond to phonemes in the spoken form of the language, although there is rarely a consistent and exact corresponden ...

, a character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech; any of the symbols of an alphabet. *

Letterform A letterform, letter-form or letter form, is a term used especially in typography, palaeography, calligraphy and epigraphy to mean a letter's shape. A letterform is a type of glyph, which is a specific, concrete way of writing an abstract ch ...

, the graphic form of a letter of the alphabet, either as written or in a particular type font. *

Rehearsal letter A rehearsal letter is a boldface letter of the alphabet in an orchestral score, and its corresponding parts, that provides the conductor, who typically leads rehearsals, with a convenient spot to tell the orchestra to begin at places other than th ...

in an orchestral score

Communication

Letter (message) A letter is a written message conveyed from one person (or group of people) to another through a medium. Something epistolary means that it is a form of letter writing. The term usually excludes written material intended to be read in its original ...

, a form of written communication **

Mail The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letter (message), letters, and parcel (package), parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid ...

* Letters, the collected correspondence of a writer or historically significant person ** Maktubat (disambiguation), the Arabic word for collected letters **

Pauline epistles The Pauline epistles, also known as Epistles of Paul or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle, although the authorship of some is in dispute. Among these epistles are some of the earliest extan ...

, addressed by St. Paul to various communities or congregations, such as "Letters to the Galatians" or "Letters to the Corinthians", and part of the canonical books of the Bible * The letter as a form of second-person literature; see

Epistle An epistle (; el, ἐπιστολή, ''epistolē,'' "letter") is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of people, usually an elegant and formal didactic letter. The epistle genre of letter-writing was common in ancient Egypt as par ...

Epistulae (Pliny) The ''Epistulae'' (, "letters") are a series of personal missives by Pliny the Younger directed to his friends and associates. These Latin letters are a unique testimony of Roman administrative history and everyday life in the 1st century. The ...

Epistolary novel An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of letters. The term is often extended to cover novels that intersperse documents of other kinds with the letters, most commonly diary entries and newspaper clippings, and sometimes considered ...

, a long-form fiction composed of letters (epistles) *

Open letter An open letter is a Letter (message), letter that is intended to be read by a wide audience, or a letter intended for an individual, but that is nonetheless widely distributed intentionally. Open letters usually take the form of a letter (mess ...

, a public letter as distinguished from private correspondence *

Letter to the editor A letter to the editor (LTE) is a Letter (message), letter sent to a publication about an issue of concern to the reader. Usually, such letters are intended for publication. In many publications, letters to the editor may be sent either through ...

, a letter sent to a newspaper, magazine, or online publication by one of its readers and meant to be published *

Encyclical An encyclical was originally a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Roman Church. At that time, the word could be used for a letter sent out by any bishop. The word comes from the Late Latin (originally from ...

letter in the Catholic Church *

Letter (paper size) Letter or ANSI Letter is a paper size standard defined by the American National Standards Institute, commonly used as home or office stationery in the United States, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, the Dominican ...

, paper conventionally sized for letter-writing

Education

* Letters, an obsolete synecdoche for

literacy Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

; e.g. "He knows his letters" *

Literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

as in ''Letters, Arts and Sciences'' *

Varsity letter A varsity letter (or monogram) is an award earned in the United States for excellence in school activities. A varsity letter signifies that its recipient was a qualified varsity team member, awarded after a certain standard was met. Description ...

, an award given in the U.S. for interscholastic or intercollegiate merit in a sport or other activity such as band or orchestra

Music

* ''Letters'' (Butch Walker album), 2004 * ''Letters'' (Jimmy Webb album), 1972 * ''Letters'' (Matt Cardle album), 2011 *

Letters (Bish album) ''Letters'' (stylized as ''LETTERS'') is considered the "major 3.5th" album by Japanese idol group Bish is a Japanese alternative idol girl group that was founded in 2015 by their manager Junnosuke Watanabe. The group was conceived as a succ ...

, 2020 * "Letters" (song), by Utada Hikaru, 2002

Places

Letters, Ross-shire Letters ( gd, An Leitir) is a village on the south west shore of Loch Broom, in Garve, Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous reg ...

, a small village on the coast of Loch Broom, Scotland *

Letter railway station Letter is a railway station located in Letter, Germany. The station is located on the Hanover–Minden railway and the Bremen–Hanover railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the nati ...

in Germany * Letter, a townland in

Kilcar ''Cill Charthaigh'' (anglicised as Kilcar) is a Gaeltacht village on the R263 regional road in the south west of County Donegal in Ireland. It is also a townland of 233 acres and a civil parish in the historic barony of Banagh. The village it ...

, County Donegal, Ireland

People

Douglas Letter Douglas Letter is an American attorney. He is general counsel to the United States House of Representatives, a position he has held since 2018. From 1978 to 2018, he was an attorney in the United States Department of Justice, ultimately serving as ...

, American lawyer and general counsel *

Stephan Letter Stephan Letter (born 17 September 1978) is a German serial killer and former nurse responsible for the murder of at least 29 patients while he worked at a hospital in Sonthofen, Bavaria, between January 2003 and July 2004. His murders have been de ...

(born 1978), German serial killer

Other uses

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LETTERS Letter, letters, or literature may refer to: Characters typeface * Letter (alphabet), a character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech; any of the symbols of an alphabet. * Letterform, the graphic form of a letter of the alphabe ...

'', an 1979 novel by John Barth *

John Letters John Letters is a Scottish golf club manufacturer. It began as ''Letters Logan & Company'' in Glasgow in 1918. The company was rescued from bankruptcy in 2005 and continued under new ownership and the John Letters name. The company is known for ...

, a Scottish manufacturer of golf clubs * ''Letters'' (sculpture), a 1915 work by Charles Keck