fraktur

English - Turkish

Definition of fraktur in English Turkish dictionary

Alman kitaplarında daha çok eskiden kullanılan harf şekli

English - English

Definition of fraktur in English English dictionary

A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolour illustration and fraktur lettering

A style of black letter type, used especially in Germany in the 16th to 20th centuries

{i} style of printed black typeface commonly used in the past in German manuscripts and printing; birth or wedding certificate which is written in calligraphy and adorned with decorative motifs (such as birds, tulips and scrolls) used in Pennsylvania (USA) by descendants of German speaking immigrants

Hyphenation

Frak·tur

Etymology

(noun.) 1904. 1886 fractur, 1904 fraktur, from German Fraktur, from Latin frāctūra (“breaking n.”) frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus. Compare fracture, fraction.