blackletter

old script typeface used throughout Western Europe
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blackletter
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blackletter

Summary

blackletter ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,648 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • blackletter's based on is recorded as Gothic minuscule[2].
  • blackletter is a type of script style[3].
  • blackletter is a type of typeface[4].
  • blackletter is part of DIN 16518[5].
  • blackletter's Commons category is recorded as Blackletter[6].
  • blackletter's said to be the same as is recorded as Gothic typeface[7].
  • 1050 marks the founding of blackletter[8].
  • blackletter's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blackletter[9].
  • blackletter's Commons gallery is recorded as Blackletter[10].
  • blackletter's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • blackletter's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[12].
  • blackletter's Vox-ATypI classification is recorded as blackletter[13].
  • blackletter's different from is recorded as Gothic typeface[14].
  • blackletter's different from is recorded as Gothic minuscule[15].
  • blackletter's different from is recorded as Gothic script[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include script style[3] and typeface[4].

Origins

1050 marks the founding of blackletter[8].

Use and Application

blackletter is part of DIN 16518[5].

Why It Matters

blackletter ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,648 views/month).[1] blackletter has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] blackletter is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of DIN 16518
    Said to be the same as Gothic typeface
    Part of
    Different from Gothic typeface, Gothic minuscule, Gothic script
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