In Danish texts composed in Fraktur, the letter ⟨ ø⟩ was already preferred to the German and Swedish ⟨ ö⟩ in the 16th century. One difference between the Fraktur and other blackletter scripts is that in the lower case ⟨o⟩, the left part of the bow is broken, but the right part is not. Most older Fraktur typefaces make no distinction between the majuscules ⟨I⟩ and ⟨J⟩ (where the common shape is more suggestive of a ⟨J⟩), even though the minuscules ⟨i⟩ and ⟨j⟩ are differentiated. Some Fraktur typefaces also include a variant form of the letter r known as the r rotunda, and many include a variety of ligatures which are left over from cursive handwriting and have rules for their use.
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(The term "Gothic" is also sometimes used this way-likewise a misuse, for in formal typography the term "Gothic" means sans-serif.)īesides the 26 letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet, Fraktur includes the ⟨ ß⟩ ( Eszett ), vowels with umlauts, and the ⟨ſ⟩ ( long s). In non-professional contexts, the term "Fraktur" is sometimes (mis)applied to all of the blackletter typefaces. In Germany, transition to more modern typefaces was controversial until 1941 when use of Fraktur typefaces was ended by (Nazi) government order. The word "Fraktur" derives from Latin frāctūra ("a break"), built from frāctus, passive participle of frangere ("to break"), the same root as the English word "fracture".įraktur was often characterised as "the German typeface" because it remained popular in Germany and Eastern Europe for rather longer than elsewhere. Letters are designed such that the individual strokes are broken apart in this way it is often contrasted with the curves of the Antiqua (common) typefaces where the letters are designed to flow and strokes connect together in a continuous fashion. A modern sans-serif and four blackletter typefaces (left to right): Textur(a), Rotunda, Schwabacher and Fraktur.įraktur ( German: ( listen)) is a calligraphic hand of the Latin alphabet and any of several blackletter typefaces derived from this hand.
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