text hand

English

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Alternative forms

text-hand

Noun

text hand (countable and uncountable, plural text hands)

1. (dated) A style of large handwriting, often in uppercase letters, formerly used for the text of a book, contrasting with the smaller hand used for the notes.

   write in text hand

Coordinate terms

• large hand
• small hand

References

• “text hand”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.