The fraktur alphabet. below is a full chart of the gothic typeface alphabet in fraktur style. the numbers 1 to 10 are also shown. you may notice that many letters strongly resemble their counterparts in the latin alphabet.. Fraktur was used for printed and written german from the 16th century until 1940. the name fraktur comes from latin and means "fractured" or "broken script". it is so called because its ornamental twiddly bits (curlicues) break the continuous line of a word.. Old german handwriting in the fraktur script can be hard enough to read, let alone translate. so to make a serious attempt at understanding german genealogy records, you’ll have to crack the fraktur code..
Nowadays very few german speakers can read or write old german script. gothic handwriting vs. gothic typefaces ( fraktur ) centuries ago, german scribes developed forms of handwriting and typesetting that were very different from other parts of central and western europe.. Week 2: learning the lowercase fraktur alphabet. here, we’ll begin getting our hands dirty by learning the fundamental lowercase strokes. i’ll be providing a free guide to get you started and by the end, you’ll be equipped with everything you need to create the lowercase alphabet.. Typesetting old german: fraktur, schwabacher, gotisch and initials yannis haralambous u. f. r. de mathcmatiques, universitc de lille - flandres - artois, 59655 villeneuve d'ascq, france..
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