Old English font
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Blackletter capitals and lowercase letters in two weights, plus a moon-and-stars frame.
Blackletter capitals and lowercase letters in two weights, plus a moon-and-stars frame.
Use these in bios and display names. Usernames and @handles on Instagram, TikTok, Discord and X only take plain letters, numbers and a few symbols. Safe, mostly safe and may show boxes come from our font tests.
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Old English letter chart
Five capitals, C H I R Z, come from the Letterlike Symbols block instead of the main block, so a few fonts draw them in a slightly different weight. They are highlighted below.
- 𝔄AU+1D504Unicode 3.1
- 𝔅BU+1D505Unicode 3.1
- ℭCU+212DUnicode 1.1
- 𝔇DU+1D507Unicode 3.1
- 𝔈EU+1D508Unicode 3.1
- 𝔉FU+1D509Unicode 3.1
- 𝔊GU+1D50AUnicode 3.1
- ℌHU+210CUnicode 1.1
- ℑIU+2111Unicode 1.1
- 𝔍JU+1D50DUnicode 3.1
- 𝔎KU+1D50EUnicode 3.1
- 𝔏LU+1D50FUnicode 3.1
- 𝔐MU+1D510Unicode 3.1
- 𝔑NU+1D511Unicode 3.1
- 𝔒OU+1D512Unicode 3.1
- 𝔓PU+1D513Unicode 3.1
- 𝔔QU+1D514Unicode 3.1
- ℜRU+211CUnicode 1.1
- 𝔖SU+1D516Unicode 3.1
- 𝔗TU+1D517Unicode 3.1
- 𝔘UU+1D518Unicode 3.1
- 𝔙VU+1D519Unicode 3.1
- 𝔚WU+1D51AUnicode 3.1
- 𝔛XU+1D51BUnicode 3.1
- 𝔜YU+1D51CUnicode 3.1
- ℨZU+2128Unicode 1.1
- 𝔞aU+1D51EUnicode 3.1
- 𝔟bU+1D51FUnicode 3.1
- 𝔠cU+1D520Unicode 3.1
- 𝔡dU+1D521Unicode 3.1
- 𝔢eU+1D522Unicode 3.1
- 𝔣fU+1D523Unicode 3.1
- 𝔤gU+1D524Unicode 3.1
- 𝔥hU+1D525Unicode 3.1
- 𝔦iU+1D526Unicode 3.1
- 𝔧jU+1D527Unicode 3.1
- 𝔨kU+1D528Unicode 3.1
- 𝔩lU+1D529Unicode 3.1
- 𝔪mU+1D52AUnicode 3.1
- 𝔫nU+1D52BUnicode 3.1
- 𝔬oU+1D52CUnicode 3.1
- 𝔭pU+1D52DUnicode 3.1
- 𝔮qU+1D52EUnicode 3.1
- 𝔯rU+1D52FUnicode 3.1
- 𝔰sU+1D530Unicode 3.1
- 𝔱tU+1D531Unicode 3.1
- 𝔲uU+1D532Unicode 3.1
- 𝔳vU+1D533Unicode 3.1
- 𝔴wU+1D534Unicode 3.1
- 𝔵xU+1D535Unicode 3.1
- 𝔶yU+1D536Unicode 3.1
- 𝔷zU+1D537Unicode 3.1
Two weights and a frame
The Old English style is the thin blackletter style. Bold old English uses the same shapes with a heavier stroke, which survives small screens better. The third row, Moon fraktur, puts the thin style between a crescent and a star.
Blackletter is hard to read in long lines. Keep it for a name or a short phrase, and put plain letters after it.
Five capitals from another block
Most capitals live in the main mathematical block. Five do not: C, H, I, R and Z come from Letterlike Symbols, which is an older block. They look the same to most readers, but a few fonts draw them in a slightly different weight. The chart under the list highlights them with their code points and the Unicode version that added each.
Numbers have no blackletter form, so digits in your text stay normal.
Using blackletter well
Old English letters have thick strokes and tight gaps, so they turn into a dark block when the word is long. Two or three words is a good limit. Capital letters carry most of the style, so a name with a strong first letter looks best. Pair it with a quiet frame, not a busy one, and test it on a phone before you pin it to a profile.
Questions
Is Old English the same as gothic?
In text generators, yes. Both names mean blackletter capitals and lowercase letters in the fraktur style.
Why do five capitals look slightly different?
C, H, I, R and Z are stored in an older block, and some fonts draw them separately from the rest.
Is blackletter safe for bios?
The styles are labelled Safe in our font test of Android 8 to 14 and Windows 10. iPhones were not tested.
Does it work for numbers?
No. Digits stay as typed.