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Blackletter (Germanic)

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Classic-like germanic blackletter font families which are free (but, alas, not flexible) include:

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Note: for-pay fonts often offer more glyphs.

Note: you should select a font which has the glyphs you use, which is legible, and which has the right flavour for your work.

See also: diverse blackletter fonts are offered by 1001 Fonts, Font Space, and others.

Caution: blackletter fonts may have limited character sets; make sure your font has all the characters you need.

Caution: blackletter fonts — especially ornate fonts — work best at large font sizes.

Recommended

For the purest Germanic font, I recommend Alte Schwabacher.

For the most legible Germanic font (to english eyes), I recommend Teutonic No1.

Comparisons

The fonts compared, at sizes φ4, φ3, and φ2 ems:

Alte Schwabacher

Oktoberfest-Menü

Mit dem besten Bier

Und auch Musik!

Alte Schwabacher OSF

Oktoberfest-Menü

Mit dem besten Bier

Und auch Musik!

Alte Schwabacher Shadow

Oktoberfest-Menü

Mit dem besten Bier

Und auch Musik!

Autobahn

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

And Best Wishes to All

Fette UNZ Fraktur

Oktoberfest-Menü

Mit dem besten Bier

Und auch Musik!

Germanica (Plain)

Oktoberfest-Menü

Mit dem besten Bier

Und auch Musik!

Germanica (Embossed)

Oktoberfest-Menü

Mit dem besten Bier

Und auch Musik!

Germanica (Fluted)

Oktoberfest-Menü

Mit dem besten Bier

Und auch Musik!

Germanica (Shadowed)

Oktoberfest-Menü

Mit dem besten Bier

Und auch Musik!

Teutonic No1 ✓

Oktoberfest-Menü

Mit dem besten Bier

Und auch Musik!

Teutonic No2

Oktoberfest-Menü

Mit dem besten Bier

Und auch Musik!

Teutonic No3

Oktoberfest-Menü

Mit dem besten Bier

Und auch Musik!

Teutonic No4

Oktoberfest-Menü

Mit dem besten Bier

Und auch Musik!

Alte Schwabacher  ✓

This font comes in 3 variants: Alte Schwabacher, Alte Schwabacher OSF, and Alte Schwabacher Shadow.

Alte Schwabacher 

Thia variant comes in 2 weights: Regular, and semi-bold.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Alte Schwabacher', serif;

Alte Schwabacher
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2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Alte Schwabacher OSF 

Thia variant comes in 2 weights: Regular, and semi-bold.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Alte Schwabacher OSF', serif;

Alte Schwabacher
OSF
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1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Alte Schwabacher Shadow 

Thia variant comes in 1 weight: Regular.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Alte Schwabacher Shadow', serif;

Alte Schwabacher
Shadow
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1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Autobahn 

This font comes in 1 weight: Regular.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Autobahn', serif;

Autobahn
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1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Fette UNZ Fraktur 

This font comes in 1 weight: Regular.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Fette UNZ Fraktur', serif;

Fette UNZ Fraktur
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1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Germanica 

This font comes in 4 variants: Plain Germanica, Embossed Germanica, Fluted Germanica, Shadowed Germanica.

Plain Germanica 

This font comes in 1 weight: regular.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'PlainGermanica', serif;

Plain Germanic
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1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Embossed Germanica 

This font comes in 1 weight: regular.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'EmbossedGermanica', serif;

Embossed Germanic
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1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Fluted Germanica 

This font comes in 1 weight: regular.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'FlutedGermanica', serif;

Fluted Germanic
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1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Shadowed Germanic 

This font comes in 1 weight: regular.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'ShadowedGermanica', serif;

Shadowed Germanica
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1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Teutonic 

This font comes in 4 variants: Teutonic No1, Teutonic No2, Teutonic No3, Teutonic No4.

Teutonic No1 

This font comes in 1 weight: regular.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Teutonic No1', serif;

Teutonic No1
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1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Teutonic No2 

This font comes in 1 weight: regular.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Teutonic No2', serif;

Teutonic No2
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1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Teutonic No3 

This font comes in 1 weight: regular.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Teutonic No3', serif;

Teutonic No3
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1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

Teutonic No4 

This font comes in 1 weight: regular.

Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Teutonic No1', serif;

Teutonic No4
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1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLM​NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdef​ghijklm​nopqrst​uvwxyz 01234​56789

2.62emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

3.61emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

4.96emAaBbEeGg​MmPpQqRr​TtWwYyZz

 

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