Gothic script explained

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 language
• Sans-serif, or gothic, a typographical style without serif decorations. In typography, this is the meaning usually associated with the term, for example Century Gothic.
  • East Asian Gothic typeface, a Chinese, Japanese or Korean typographical style without serifs or analogous decorations
• Visigothic script, a script style used by Visigoths in Iberia

See also

• Script typeface