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The Gothic alphabet is an alphabet 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 ...
The font name comes from the Japanese word meiryō [meːɾʲoː], which means "clarity", referring to ClearType making text written in Meiryo appear clearer on the screen. The Japanese spelling メイリオ is taken from the English pronunciation / ˈ m eɪ r i . oʊ / ; the actual Japanese spelling in katakana is メイリョウ .
Gothic script, typeface, letters, text or font may refer to: Blackletter an ornate calligraphic style originating in Western Europe. (Includes "Early Gothic", "Old English", Textura/Textualis, Cursiva and others.) Fraktur, a form of Blackletter; Schwabacher, a form of Blackletter; Gothic alphabet, the Greek-derived writing system of the Gothic ...
The word order of Gothic is fairly free as is typical of other inflected languages. The natural word order of Gothic is assumed to have been like that of the other old Germanic languages; however, nearly all extant Gothic texts are translations of Greek originals and have been heavily influenced by Greek syntax.
Typeface Family Spacing Weights/Styles Target script Included from Can be installed on Example image Aharoni [6]: Sans Serif: Proportional: Bold: Hebrew: XP, Vista
Textualis, also known as textura or "Gothic bookhand", was the most calligraphic form of blackletter, and today is the form most associated with "Gothic". Johannes Gutenberg carved a textualis typeface—including a large number of ligatures and common abbreviations—when he printed his 42-line Bible .
The Ingeborg Psalter, [3] produced in Tournai, and the Bible moralisée are notable examples of early Gothic book illustration. These manuscripts mark a transition of the Romanesque visual tradition to a more classical phase, featuring figures with softly flowing, pleated robes, finely modeled faces, and a new sense of corporeality.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) has come to define Gothic fiction in the Romantic period. Frontispiece to 1831 edition shown. Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting.