"signwriting" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2001, Ken Follett, Jackdaws, Dutton, →ISBN, page 30:",
          "text": "Dieter walked along a broad corridor. Each door was clearly labeled in neat German signwriting, but Dieter looked inside anyway.",
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          "roman": "zhāopái wénzì",
          "sense": "lettering",
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          "text": "Much modern signwriting is also done very cheaply, in the fastest possible way, and creativity is constrained by this commercial pressure as well.",
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          "sense": "art or process",
          "word": "寫招牌"
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          "word": "写招牌"
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      "roman": "zhāopái wénzì",
      "sense": "lettering",
      "word": "招牌文字"
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      "word": "寫招牌"
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      "sense": "art or process",
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      "sense": "art or process",
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