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  2. Blackletter - Wikipedia

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    For the distinction between [ ], / / and , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. Blackletter (sometimes black letter or black-letter), also known as Gothic script, Gothic minuscule or Gothic type, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 until the 17th century. [1]

  3. Gothic alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The Gothic alphabet is an alphabet used for writing the Gothic language. It was developed in the 4th century AD by Ulfilas (or Wulfila), a Gothic preacher of Cappadocian Greek descent, for the purpose of translating the Bible. [1] The alphabet essentially uses uncial forms of the Greek alphabet, with a few additional letters to express Gothic ...

  4. Schwabacher - Wikipedia

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    A page from the Nuremberg Chronicle (Schedelsche Weltchronik), 1493. The German word Schwabacher (pronounced [ˈʃvaːˌbaxɐ]) refers to a specific style of blackletter typefaces which evolved from Gothic Textualis (Textura) under the influence of Humanist type design in Italy during the 15th century. Schwabacher typesetting was the most ...

  5. Fraktur - Wikipedia

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    A modern sans-serif and four blackletter typefaces (left to right): Textur (a), Rotunda, Schwabacher and Fraktur. Fraktur (German: [fʁakˈtuːɐ̯] ⓘ) is a calligraphic hand of the Latin alphabet and any of several blackletter typefaces derived from this hand. It is designed such that the beginnings and ends of the individual strokes that ...

  6. History of Western typography - Wikipedia

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    Handwritten letterforms of the mid-15th century calligraphy were the natural models for letterforms in systematized typography. [1] The scribal letter known as textur or textualis, produced by the strong gothic spirit of blackletter from the hands of German area scribes, served as the model for the first text types.

  7. Gothic script - Wikipedia

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    Gothic script, typeface, letters, text or font may refer to: Blackletter (Gothic minuscule, 'Old English') an ornate calligraphic or typographical style originating in Western Europe. Fraktur, a form of Blackletter. Schwabacher, a form of Blackletter. Gothic alphabet, the Greek-derived writing system of the Gothic language.

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