Liquid crystal display with gate lines and an edge of the black matrix elongated parallel to an initial orientation direction

A liquid display device comprising:

• first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer therebetween;
• a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of drain lines formed on the first substrate;
• a counter electrode and a pixel electrode formed on the first substrate and arranged in each of a plurality of pixels each defined by one of the gate lines and one of the drain lines;
• a black matrix formed on the second substrate;
• wherein the gate line and an edge of the black matrix are elongated parallel to an initial orientation direction defined by an initial orientation angle, the black matrix is at least formed over the gate line in plane view, and a spacer is arranged over a part of the gate line in plane view, and
• the pixel electrode has a plurality of comb-tooth-shaped portions at a non-zero angle to the horizontal direction with spaces formed therebetween, and an angle formed between an elongated direction of the plurality of comb-tooth-shaped portions and the initial orientation direction is smaller than an angle formed between the elongated direction of the plurality of comb-tooth-shaped portions and the drain line.