blackletter
Ornate angular typeface
Blackletter is a style of typeface with heavy, angular strokes and elaborate flourishes, modeled on medieval manuscript writing.
Also called Gothic script, it was the dominant printing style in Germany into the twentieth century and remains associated with formal documents, beer labels, and heavy metal band logos: The diploma was printed in blackletter.
In law, blackletter refers to well-established legal principles: blackletter law.
Circular domed chamber
- Gothic scriptAngular medieval writing style
- typefaceLettering style design
- fontCharacter style set
- letterformA character's visual structure
serif · ligature · ascender · descender · minuscule · majuscule · Gutenberg · movable type
Feather used for writing
- inkWriting fluid
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- nibPen's writing tip
penmanship · flourish · swash · stroke · scriptorium · scribe · manuscript · illumination
Original text before publication
- illuminationProvision of light
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
- chronicleOrdered historical record
bestiary · Book of Kells · Lindisfarne Gospels · psalter · missal · Bible · monastic · guild
Frankish royal dynasty
- uncialRounded ancient letterform
- insular scriptDistinctive medieval island letterforms
- majusculeUppercase letter form
- minusculeExtremely small in size
grapheme · inscriptions · manuscripts · dating · provenance
Academic completion document
- certificateFormal written attestation
- invitationRequest to attend
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- mastheadNewspaper's ownership box
logo · heraldic · charter · deed · legal document · engraving · Gothic lettering · tradition
Central European language
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- OktoberfestMassive Bavarian brewing celebration
- GermanicOf Teutonic language stock
rotunda
Circular domed chamber
- Gothic scriptAngular medieval writing style
- typefaceLettering style design
- fontCharacter style set
letterform · serif · ligature · ascender · descender · minuscule · majuscule · Gutenberg · movable type · letterpress
quill
Feather used for writing
nib · penmanship · flourish · swash · stroke · scriptorium · scribe · manuscript · illumination · codex
manuscript
Original text before publication
- illuminationProvision of light
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
chronicle · bestiary · Book of Kells · Lindisfarne Gospels · psalter · missal · Bible · monastic · guild · heraldry
Carolingian
Frankish royal dynasty
- uncialRounded ancient letterform
- insular scriptDistinctive medieval island letterforms
- majusculeUppercase letter form
minuscule · grapheme · inscriptions · manuscripts · dating · provenance
diploma
Academic completion document
- certificateFormal written attestation
- invitationRequest to attend
- proclamationFormal public announcement
masthead · logo · heraldic · charter · deed · legal document · engraving · Gothic lettering · tradition · authority
German
Central European language
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- OktoberfestMassive Bavarian brewing celebration
Germanic · Teutonic · cultural identity · folk art · signage
- printingprinting press, letterpress, printing, lithographers, offset printing
- typographyletters, font, calligraphy, font design, sans serif
- writing historyalphabet, cuneiform, hieroglyphics, hieroglyphs, scripts
- calligraphyChinese calligraphy, Japanese calligraphy, Arabic calligraphy, Islamic calligraphy, rotunda
- letteringlettering styles, letterforms, calligraphy, hand lettering, handwriting
- Lettering Stylescalligraphy, script, typography, lettering, letterform