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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]
Thorn or þorn (Þ, þ) is a letter in the Old English, Old Norse, Old Swedish and modern Icelandic alphabets, as well as modern transliterations of the Gothic alphabet, Middle Scots, and some dialects of Middle English. It was also used in medieval Scandinavia but was later replaced with the digraph th, except in Iceland, where it survives.
Copperplate Gothic is a typeface designed by Frederic W. Goudy and first produced by American Type Founders (ATF) beginning in 1901. While termed a " Gothic " (another term for sans-serif), the face has small glyphic serifs that act to emphasize the blunt terminus of vertical and horizontal strokes. The typeface shows an unusual combination of ...
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 ...
Bank Gothic is a rectilinear geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Morris Fuller Benton for American Type Founders and released in 1930. [1] The design has become popular from the late twentieth century to suggest a science-fiction, military, corporate, or sports aesthetic. [2][3][4][5] Bank Gothic is an exploration of geometric forms, and ...
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.
Globe Gothic Bold (1907), credited to Benton, though Frederic Goudy claims Phinney commissioned him to do it. Globe Gothic Bold Italic (1908) Card Mercantile (1901), a redesign of the two smallest sizes of an 1890s Dickinson Type Foundry design that ATF had acquired when the companies merged in 1896. Wedding Text (1901) Wedding Text Shaded (1913)
Samples of Monospaced typefaces. Typeface name. Example 1. Example 2. Example 3. Anonymous Pro. [1] Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.