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Historic European script and typeface
Blackletter (also black letter or sometimes black-letter; popularly known as Gothic) was originally a medieval book hand (Textualis or Textura) of the
Blackletter
Letter of the Latin alphabet; used in the German language
orthography, represented as a ligature of ⟨ſ⟩ (long s) and ⟨ʒ⟩ (tailed z) in blackletter typefaces, yielding ⟨ſʒ⟩. This developed from an earlier usage of ⟨z⟩
ß
System of handwriting scripts
hands in medieval England and France. Gothic book hand, also known as blackletter, was used by early printers such as William Caxton as a typeface and
Gothic_script_(palaeography)
Blackletter typeface
[fʁakˈtuːɐ̯] ) is a book hand of the Latin alphabet and any of several blackletter typefaces derived from this hand. It is designed such that the beginnings
Fraktur
Two styles of historic handwriting
and to England after 1350. This early "chancery hand" is a form of blackletter. Versions of it were adopted by royal and ducal chanceries, which were
Chancery_hand
Typeface family
sans-serif (Sans, Sans Unicode, Grande, Sans Typewriter) and scripts (Blackletter, Calligraphy, Handwriting). Many are released with other software, most
Lucida
Decorative detail in typography
"grotesque" (in German, grotesk) or "Gothic" (although this often refers to blackletter type as well). In German usage, the term Antiqua is used more broadly
Serif
Typographical dispute in Germany
in 19th- and early 20th-century Germany. In most European countries, blackletter typefaces like the German Fraktur were displaced with the creation of
Antiqua–Fraktur_dispute
Topics referred to by the same term
11th century Blackletter, an ornate calligraphic style of Gothic script Fraktur, a form of Blackletter Schwabacher, a form of Blackletter Sans-serif, or
Gothic_script
Classification system for typefaces
groups. ATypI added two more classifications, the blackletters and the Non-Latins. The blackletters or German: fraktur [fractured, broken], which Vox
Vox-ATypI_classification
Typefaces that mimic 15th and 16th century Western European handwriting
later came to sometimes be used for Roman type in general as opposed to blackletter; in German, it used of serif typefaces in particular. Berne Nadall (1869–1932)
Antiqua
Medieval handwriting style
phrase had been opposed to litterae modernae ("modern letters"), or blackletter. The humanist minuscule was connected to the humanistic content of the
Humanist_minuscule
First letter of the Latin alphabet
Blackletter Uncial Roman Italic Script
A
Association football club in England
crest featuring the same style of cannon below the club's name, set in blackletter typography, and above the coat of arms of the Metropolitan Borough of
Arsenal_F.C.
Blackletter typeface
Bastard is a blackletter typeface designed by Jonathan Barnbrook in 1990. The name derives from a typographic classification known as Bastarda. The Bastard
Bastard_(typeface)
Second letter of the Latin alphabet
popularised the Carolingian half-uncial forms which latter developed into blackletter ⟨ ⟩. Around 1300, letter case was increasingly distinguished, with upper-
B
Blackletter typeface
Schwabacher typefaces (pronounced [ˈʃvaːˌbaxɐ]) were a style of blackletter typefaces which evolved from Gothic Textualis (Textura) under the influence
Schwabacher
Serif typeface
Fletcher is the name given to a revival of a nineteenth-century blackletter typeface designed in the Paris foundry of Theophile Beaudoire (1833–1903)
Fletcher_(typeface)
Typographical distinction
emphasized text becomes lighter than its environment. This is often used in blackletter typesetting and typewriter manuscripts, but by no means restricted to
Emphasis_(typography)
Visual art related to writing
type descends. In the eleventh century, the Caroline evolved into the blackletter ("Gothic") script, which was more compact and made it possible to fit
Calligraphy
Historical form of German handwriting, used 1915–1970s
historical form of German handwriting script that evolved alongside German blackletter (most notably Fraktur) typefaces. Graphic artist Ludwig Sütterlin was
Sütterlin
Well-established legal rules
theory or unsettled legal issues. The phrase derives from the historic blackletter script and typeface that originated in Europe during the Middle Ages
Black-letter_law
Style of typeface
roman is one of the three main kinds of historical type, alongside blackletter and italic. Sometimes called normal or regular, it is distinct from these
Roman_type
German state from 1871 to 1918
thanks to Wilhelm's influence that most printed material in Germany used blackletter instead of the Roman type used in the rest of Western Europe. At the
German_Empire
Eighteenth letter of the latin alphabet
Use of r rotunda was mostly tied to blackletter typefaces, and the glyph fell out of use along with blackletter fonts in English language contexts mostly
R
Unit of currency
'pound' or 'weight'. The currency's symbol is £, a stylised form of the blackletter L ( L {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {L}}} ) (from libra), crossed to indicate
Pound_(currency)
Fifteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
symbols related to O: U+AB3D ꬽ LATIN SMALL LETTER BLACKLETTER O U+AB3E ꬾ LATIN SMALL LETTER BLACKLETTER O WITH STROKE U+AB3F ꬿ LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O
O
German form of the Latin alphabet
playing this file? See media help. Before 1940 German employed Fraktur, a blackletter typeface (see also Antiqua–Fraktur dispute), and Kurrent, various cursives
German_alphabet
Font style with cursive typeface and slanted design
font based on a stylised form of calligraphic handwriting. Along with blackletter and roman type, it served as one of the major typefaces in the history
Italic_type
Algorithm for encrypting and decrypting information
Larsson's rune cipher resembling that found on the Kensington Runestone. Also includes runically unrelated blackletter writing style and pigpen cipher.
Cipher
Variant of the Latin letter R (ꝛ)
(lowercase) letter Latin r used in full script-like typefaces, especially blackletters. Unlike other letter variants such as "long s" which originally were
R_rotunda
Medieval blackletter script
is a specific medieval blackletter script. It originates in Carolingian minuscule. Sometimes, it is not considered a blackletter script, but a script on
Rotunda_(script)
Fifth letter of the Latin alphabet
transcription system symbols related to E: U+AB32 ꬲ LATIN SMALL LETTER BLACKLETTER E U+AB33 ꬳ LATIN SMALL LETTER BARRED E U+AB34 ꬴ LATIN SMALL LETTER E
E
Form of German-language handwriting
'Latin font' scripts. Handwritten letter, 1792 Antiqua–Fraktur dispute Blackletter Fraktur Grundschrift Wikimedia Commons has media related to German Kurrent
Kurrent
Letter of the Latin alphabet
forms of Latin ⟨z⟩, evolving into the blackletter ⟨z⟩ letter ⟨ℨ𝔷 𝖅𝖟⟩. In Unicode, however, the blackletter ⟨z⟩ ("tailed z", German geschwänztes Z)
Ezh
Currency sign
printed books and newspapers until well into the 19th century. In the blackletter type used until the seventeenth century, the letter L is rendered as
Pound_sign
Breitkopf Fraktur Fette Fraktur (Fraktur Bold) Fletcher Fraktur Lucida Blackletter Old English Text and clones like Cloister Black Schwabacher Tannenberg
List_of_typefaces
Twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet
sign (£), which is based on L {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {L}}} , the blackletter form of the letter. In running text, its lower-case form (usually italicised)
L
Typeface designed by Bauer in 1850
Fette Fraktur is a blackletter typeface of the sub-classification Fraktur designed by the German punchcutter Johann Christian Bauer (1802–1867) in 1850
Fette_Fraktur
Uppercase or lowercase
century, except in countries that continued to use blackletter typefaces such as Fraktur. When blackletter type fell out of general use in the mid-20th century
Letter_case
Geometric sans-serif typeface
previously, German Blackletter was the default style. As a way to hold on to German identity, the Germans pushed for the use of Blackletter typefaces over
Futura_(typeface)
American daily newspaper
Raymond took as his model the British newspaper The Times, which used a Blackletter style called Textura, popularized following the fall of the Western Roman
The_New_York_Times
Set of characters that share common design features
level in the context of Latin-script fonts, one can differentiate roman, blackletter, and Gaelic types. Roman types are in the most widespread use today,[as
Typeface
Short vertical stroke in handwriting
Page from a 14th-century Psalter, with blackletter "sine pedibus" text.
Minim_(palaeography)
Fictional character from Death Note
face to the world, instead representing himself with a capital L in blackletter font. His real name, L Lawliet, is only revealed in the guidebook Death
L_(Death_Note)
throughout Germany and Italy led to the enduring legacy and continued use of blackletter, roman, and italic types. According to a tradition in Feltre and Lombardy
History_of_Western_typography
Symbol used to represent a monetary currency's name
evolved from the letter L (written until the seventeenth century in blackletter type as L {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {L}}} ) standing for libra, a Roman
Currency_symbol
English merchant and printer (c. 1422–c. 1491)
A page from the Brut Chronicle (printed as the Chronicles of England), printed in 1480 by Caxton in blackletter
William_Caxton
Blackletter typeface designed 1750
Breitkopf Fraktur is a Blackletter font designed by typographer and German music publisher Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf (1719–1794). Breitkopf was
Breitkopf_Fraktur
Display typeface
for every print size. While originally intended as a form of modern blackletter, Neuland has come instead to be used as a signifier of the "exotic" or
Neuland
Sans-serif typeface from 1934
Tannenberg is a Fraktur-family blackletter typeface, developed between 1933 and 1935 by Erich Meyer at the type foundry D. Stempel AG in Frankfurt am
Tannenberg_(typeface)
Archaic form of the Latin-script letter s (ſ)
s with the letter ⟨f⟩ (minuscule form of ⟨F⟩) as, in some roman and blackletter typefaces, it has an f-like nub at its middle but only on the left side
Long_s
Twenty-sixth letter of the Latin alphabet
Unterschlinge) originated in the medieval Gothic minuscules and the Early Modern Blackletter typefaces. In some Antiqua typefaces, this letter is present as a standalone
Z
Typeface classification for letterforms without serifs
printed, since the Middle Ages have been inspired by fine calligraphy, blackletter writing and Roman square capitals. As a result, printing done in the
Sans-serif
Physical spacing of characters in text
Increased letter-spacing has sometimes been used for emphasis, most often in blackletter typesetting and in typewriter manuscripts, where alternative forms of
Letter_spacing
Hacker jargon for computerised blinking lights
term has its origins in hacker humor and is taken from a famous (often blackletter-Gothic) mock warning sign written in a mangled form of German. Variants
Blinkenlights
Serif typeface
Linotype for hot metal typesetting. Despite a common association with blackletter typefaces, the mediaeval name refers to the German typographical term
Trump_Mediaeval
1994 studio album by Sopor Aeternus and The Ensemble of Shadows
pressing had no title, though the "...Ich töte mich..." line was printed in blackletter on the back cover; later editions identified the printed sentence as
Ich_töte_mich...
Style of handwriting
hand). Chancery hand Round hand Secretary hand Court hand Library hand Blackletter Humanist minuscule Carolingian minuscule Roman cursive Uncial script
Handwriting_script
Slab serif typeface
structure is strictly monoline, with a "single-storey" 'a' similar to blackletter or handwriting, in an almost-perfect circle. It was released in several
Memphis_(typeface)
Diacritic used in some languages
example, the pound sign ⟨£⟩, is L {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {L}}} (a blackletter ⟨L⟩), with a cross bar. For the specific usages of various letters with
Bar_(diacritic)
hand-painted signs. He also developed a number of typefaces influenced by blackletter medieval manuscripts, illuminated manuscript capitals and Roman square
List of typefaces designed by Frederic Goudy
List_of_typefaces_designed_by_Frederic_Goudy
Various scripts and typefaces of Renaissance Europe
were often used as business or court hands. Bastard gothic scripts were blackletter manuscript hands used in various parts of continental Europe, especially
Bastarda
Typeface by German designer Rudolf Koch
Wallau is a grotesque blackletter typeface family by the German designer Rudolf Koch. It features restrained serifs and clear contrasts in line thickness
Wallau_(typeface)
Latin expression
whatever punctuation marks are required to end or continue the sentence. In blackletter (Gothic or Fraktur) typography, the r rotunda ⟨ꝛ⟩ is sometimes used for
Et_cetera
1796 English play by Frederic Reynolds
Ap-Hazard, James Middleton as Sir Charles Danvers, John Quick as Sir Bamber Blackletter, John Fawcett as Tom Seymour, William Macready as Orville and Isabella
Fortune's_Fool_(1796_play)
Typefaces to print Classical Gaelic
na gCasán Stencilled Gaelic type Poem Blackletter – Historic European script and typeface Fraktur – Blackletter typeface Irish orthography – Spelling
Gaelic_type
Topics referred to by the same term
comic book story arc "Gothic", a 2010 episode of TV series QI (Series G) Blackletter, or Gothic script, Gothic minuscule or Gothic type (like A b c d e f
Gothic
Branch of the Indo-European language family
the Latin Alphabet. In print, German used to be predominately set in blackletter typefaces (e.g., fraktur or schwabacher) until the 1940s, while Kurrent
Germanic_languages
Pre-decimal currencies
The modern £ symbol is a stylised form of the letter L as written in blackletter type – like L {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {L}}} – with a stroke to indicate
£sd
German type designer and calligrapher
creating an original, simple expression from his materials. Many of Koch's blackletter typefaces, such as Kochschrift and Willhelm Klingspor Gotisch, were greatly
Rudolf_Koch
Stage of the English language from the contemporary period
was represented with the Latin y, which appeared similar to thorn in blackletter typeface (𝖞). The last vestige of the letter was in ligatures of thorn
Modern_English
German-language daily newspaper
entertainment, and one on advertising." Aside from the switch from its blackletter typeface in 1946, the newspaper has changed little since the 1930s. Only
Neue_Zürcher_Zeitung
1517 poem attributed to Emperor Maximilian I
Beck, Hans Burgkmair, Hans Schäufelein and others. Its newly designed blackletter typeface was influential. The full title in the first (1517) edition
Theuerdank
Seventh letter of the Latin alphabet
predominate and it was this that Gutenberg adopted when creating the first Blackletter typefaces – until that in turn was replaced by Humanist minuscule, which
G
West Germanic language
„Guten Morgen!“. Until the early 20th century, German was printed in blackletter typefaces (in Fraktur, and in Schwabacher), and written in corresponding
German_language
Form of writing
the tenth and eleventh centuries into a script which became known as blackletter or Gothic script, with the Carolingian minuscule becoming increasingly
Carolingian_minuscule
Serif typeface
these short to fit on the German common line standard, optimised for blackletter typefaces; later versions escape this restriction. Aldus is an old-style
Palatino
Typeface family
the period of Garamond's early life roman type had been displacing the blackletter or Gothic type which was used in some (although not all) early French
Garamond
English dramatist
occasionally remembered for his caricature of Samuel Ireland as Sir Bamber Blackletter in Fortune's Fool, and for his adaptations of some of Shakespeare's comedies
Frederick_Reynolds_(writer)
1978 EP by Joy Division
Albrecht" on the poster sleeve) and the words "Joy! Division" printed in a blackletter font. The cover design, coupled with the nature of the band's name, fueled
An_Ideal_for_Living
Earliest major book printed in Europe
would be set at any one moment. The Gutenberg Bible is printed in the blackletter type styles that would become known as Textualis (Textura) and Schwabacher
Gutenberg_Bible
Topics referred to by the same term
English Old English, a style of handwriting or typeface, also known as Blackletter Old English (Ireland), 12th-century settlers from England Anglo-Saxons
Old_English_(disambiguation)
Serif typeface
publishing and remain very popular in Germany. Walbaum also designed fraktur blackletter typefaces, which (while not stylistically related) similarly have a structured
Walbaum_(typeface)
Family name
but may have originally occurred because of the difficulty of reading blackletter text, where Smith might look like Snuth or Simth. However, Charles Bardsley
Smith_(surname)
German graphic artist (1865–1917)
Germany, and was most notable for designing and creating the old German blackletter handwriting Sütterlinschrift (Sütterlin script) or simply Sütterlin.
Ludwig_Sütterlin
Topics referred to by the same term
Blackletter z (ℨ𝔷 𝖅𝖟) may refer to: tailed z Dram (unit) Unicode character names: Fraktur in Unicode Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols z Blackletter
ℨ
Transitional serif typeface
Baskerville in his early career offering his services carving tombstones, in blackletter, roman, script and italic. The design is similar to his typography. A
Baskerville
Graphic convention in comics to show speech
speech was Walt Kelly, for his Pogo strip. Deacon Mushrat speaks with blackletter words, P.T. Bridgeport speaks in circus posters, Sarcophagus MacAbre
Speech_balloon
Script style Owner (in 2014) Notes Adresseavisen regional daily 75,584 Blackletter (1767-1910) Antiqua (1910-) Adresseavisen ASA Agder regional twice a
List_of_newspapers_in_Norway
Japanese writing variant of hiragana
occasionally used in reproductions of classic Japanese texts, akin to blackletter in English and other Germanic languages to give an archaic flair. Modern
Hentaigana
Twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet
crossed Vs). Another realisation (common in italic, roundhand, kurrent, blackletter, and other scripts) takes a form like an ⟨n⟩ whose rightmost branch curved
W
Punctuation mark used to join words
Gutenberg Bible, heralding the age of movable type, used ⸗, "common to blackletter texts of the time", as the form of his hyphen. The Gutenberg Bible is
Hyphen
Defunct Nazi cigarette company
A blackletter advertisement from October 1932 showing an aircraft with SA-logo roundels and the word Sturm ("Storm" or "Military Assault"). The strapline
Sturm_Cigarette_Company
Writing created by a person with a writing implement
Writing portal Asemic writing – Wordless open semantic form of writing Blackletter – Historic European script and typeface Block letters – Style of writing
Handwriting
Style of handwriting and calligraphy developed in Italy
Italic was introduced in 1976. Writing portal Asemic writing Bastarda Blackletter Book hand Calligraphy Chancery hand Court hand (also known as common
Italic_script
French printer, bookseller and punchcutter (1485–1534)
Roman type, at a time where other French printers were mostly using blackletter. He worked for Robert Estienne, who was one of the earliest Parisian
Antoine_Augereau
American-Greek film producer and designer
Cycladic, a sans serif inspired by Greek island architecture; Vantagram, a blackletter typeface; UNY, a slab serif designed for athletic lettering; and Designator
Thoma_Kikis
Defunct German type foundry
Germroth-Deutsch (1935, G. Germroth), a blackletter face. Headline (1964, Karlgeorg Hoefer) Hoelderlin (1937/8, Eugen Weiss), blackletter face. Koloss (1923, Jakob
Ludwig_&_Mayer
1897 novel by William Morris
1897 by Morris' own Kelmscott Press on vellum and artisanal paper in a blackletter type of his own design. For the wider reading public, a hardcover trade
The Water of the Wondrous Isles
The_Water_of_the_Wondrous_Isles
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