InkStyle / Old English alphabet
Gothic Old English letters A to Z in real blackletter fonts, plus copy-paste Fraktur letters. Handy for tattoo planning, lettering practice and band logos.
Each card shows the capital and lowercase. for practice sheets.
Unicode text works in apps; for posters, stickers, Cricut cuts or a print design you want a real typeface. These are free, open-licensed fonts (SIL OFL) rendered with your text above.
See all styles for this text β
Blackletter capitals are the hardest part: π¬ looks like a U, π΄ and π΅ are almost identical, and πΎ resembles a G. Lowercase letters are built from short vertical strokes called minims, which is why βminimumβ in Textura can look like a picket fence.
If you are lettering something people must read, such as a name tattoo or a sign, consider blackletter capitals with a lighter lowercase, or ask your artist to open up the tight letters.
In everyday use, yes: they all mean heavy medieval broken-script lettering. Strictly, the Old English language was written in insular script, not blackletter; the name stuck from 19th-century printers.
Switch the chart to βCopy-paste lettersβ and tap a letter, or type below and copy the Bold Blackletter line.
UnifrakturCook and UnifrakturMaguntia are classic Fraktur shapes; Pirata One is the condensed style common in Chicano lettering. Preview your text in each above and bring the PNG to your artist.