Letter, letters, or literature may refer to:

Characters typeface

Letter (alphabet) In a writing system, a letter is a grapheme that generally corresponds to a phoneme—the smallest functional unit of speech—though there is rarely total one-to-one correspondence between the two. An alphabet is a writing system that uses lett ...

, a character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech or none in the case of a silent letter; 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 (alphabet), letter's shape. A letterform is a type of glyph, which is a specific, concrete way of writing a ...

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

, 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 ** Pauline epistles, 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 ** Maktubat (disambiguation), the Arabic word for collected letters * The letter as a form of second-person literature; see Epistle ** Epistulae (Pliny) ** Epistolary novel, a long-form fiction composed of letters (epistles) * Open letter, a public letter as distinguished from private correspondence * Letter to the editor, a letter sent to a newspaper, magazine, or online publication by one of its readers and meant to be published * Encyclical letter in the Catholic Church * Apostolic letter (''litterae apostolicae''), a type of ecclesiastical letter in the Catholic Church * Letter (paper size), paper conventionally sized for letter-writing

Education

* Letters, an obsolete synecdoche for literacy; e.g. "He knows his letters" *

Literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...

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. A person who ...

, 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'' (Bish album), 2020 * ''Letters'' (Matt Cardle album), 2011 * ''Letters'' (Butch Walker album), 2004 * ''Letters'' (Jimmy Webb album), 1972 * "Letters" (Monica song), 2023 * "Letters" (Frank Turner song), 2024 * "Letters" (Hikaru Utada song), 2002

Places

* Letters, Ross-shire, a small village on the coast of Loch Broom, Scotland * Letter railway station in Germany * Letter, a townland in

Kilcar ''Cill Charthaigh'' (anglicised as Kilcar) is a Gaeltacht village on the R263 road (Ireland), R263 Regional road (Ireland), regional road in the south west of County Donegal in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is also a townland of 233 acres an ...

, County Donegal, Ireland

People

Douglas Letter Douglas Neal Letter is an American attorney. He was general counsel to the United States House of Representatives from 2018 to 2022. He is now chief legal officer for Brady: United Against Gun Violence. From 1978 to 2018, he was an attorney in th ...

, American lawyer and general counsel *

Megan Letter Megan Letter is an American YouTuber primarily known for her '' Roblox'' videos on her YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Stev ...

(born 1995), American YouTuber *

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 were descr ...

(born 1978), German serial killer

Other uses

* '' LETTERS'', a 1979 novel by John Barth * John Letters, a Scottish manufacturer of golf clubs * ''Letters'' (sculpture), a 1915 work by Charles Keck