Fraktur
[ frahk-toor ]
/ frɑkˈtur /
noun
Printing. German black-letter text, a style of type.
(usually lowercase) Also fractur.
- a stylized, highly decorative watercolor or watercolor-and-ink painting in the Pennsylvania-German tradition, often bearing elaborate calligraphy and standardized motifs, as birds, tulips, mermaids, and unicorns, and typically appearing on a book page, baptismal certificate or other family record, or merchant's advertisement.
- the elaborate calligraphy used in frakturs.
Origin of Fraktur
1900–05, Americanism; < German < Latin frāctūra action of breaking (in reference to the curlicues that broke up the continuous line of a word). See fracture
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Examples from the Web for fraktur
In the original book, all German text was printed in fraktur (Gothic) type.
Aus meinem Knigreich|Carmen SylvaBold and italicised text appeared in the original in fraktur.
The Life of Johannes Brahms (Vol 1 of 2)|Florence May
British Dictionary definitions for fraktur
Fraktur
/ (German frakˈtuːr) /
noun
a style of typeface, formerly used in German typesetting for many printed works
Word Origin for Fraktur
German, from Latin fractūra a breaking, fracture; from the curlicues that seem to interrupt the continuous line of a word
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