fraktur
1886 fractur, 1904 fraktur, from German Fraktur, Fractur, from Latin frāctūra, from frangere ("to break"), past participle fractus. Pronunciation
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1886 fractur, 1904 fraktur, from German Fraktur, Fractur, from Latin frāctūra, from frangere ("to break"), past participle fractus. Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈfɹæktuːɹ/
fraktur
- (typography) A style of black letter type, used especially in Germany in the 16th to 20th centuries.
- (US) A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolour illustration and fraktur lettering.
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