Letter, letters, or literature may refer to:
Characters typeface
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Maktubat (disambiguation) Maktubat, Mektubat (Arabic: مکتوبات) or Makatib, Mekatib (Persian: مکاتیب), commonly translated as The Letters may refer to the following works:
*''Makatib'' (''Maktubat al-Rabbani''), the book containing Ahmad Sirhindi's letters to his ...
, the Arabic word for collected letters
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Epistolary novel, a long-form fiction composed of letters (epistles)
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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
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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
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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
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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"
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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''
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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
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''Letters'' (Butch Walker album), 2004
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''Letters'' (Jimmy Webb album), 1972
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''Letters'' (Matt Cardle album), 2011
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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
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"Letters" (song), by Utada Hikaru, 2002
Places
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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
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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
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Douglas Letter, American lawyer and general counsel
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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
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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
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''Letters'' (sculpture), a 1915 work by Charles Keck
See also
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The Letter (disambiguation) The Letter may refer to:
Literature
* "The Letter" (poem), a poem by Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)
* "The Letter", a short story in W. Somerset Maugham's 1926 collection ''The Casuarina Tree''
* "The Letter", 38th sura of the Qur'an
* ''The Letters ...
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Letterer
A letterer is a member of a team of comic book creators responsible for drawing the comic book's text. The letterer's use of typefaces, calligraphy, letter size, and layout all contribute to the impact of the comic. The letterer crafts the comi ...
, a member of a team of comic book creators responsible for drawing the comic book's text
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Letterman (disambiguation)
Letterman may refer to:
* Letterman (sports), a classification of high school or college athlete in the United States
People
* David Letterman (born 1947), American television talk show host
** ''Late Night with David Letterman'', talk show that ...
* Lettering, and
calligraphy
Calligraphy (from el, link=y, καλλιγραφία) is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instrument. Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "t ...
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