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Gothic script

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Gothic typeface
Fraktur, a blackletter typeface
"Old English", a blackletter typeface
Century Gothic, a sans-serif typeface
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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.)
  • 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 gothic type, for example Century Gothic.
  • Visigothic script, a script style used by Visigoths in Iberia

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