Letter, letters, or literature may refer to:

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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 A rehearsal letter, sometimes referred to as rehearsal marks, rehearsal figures, or rehearsal numbers, is a boldface letter of the alphabet in an orchestral score, and its corresponding parts, that provides the conductor, who typically leads rehears ...

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#Letters of the popes in modern times, 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 as in ''Letters, Arts and Sciences'' * Varsity letter, 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), ''Letters'' (Bish album), 2020 * Letters (Matt Cardle album), ''Letters'' (Matt Cardle album), 2011 * Letters (Butch Walker album), ''Letters'' (Butch Walker album), 2004 * Letters (Jimmy Webb album), ''Letters'' (Jimmy Webb album), 1972 * Letters (Monica song), "Letters" (Monica song), 2023 * Letters (Frank Turner song), "Letters" (Frank Turner song), 2024 * Letters (Hikaru Utada song), "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, County Donegal, Ireland

People

* Douglas Letter, American lawyer and general counsel * Megan Letter (born 1995), American YouTuber * Stephan Letter (born 1978), German serial killer

Other uses

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