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Classic-like germanic blackletter font families which are free (but, alas, not flexible) include:
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.
For the purest Germanic font, I recommend Alte Schwabacher.
For the most legible Germanic font (to english eyes), I recommend Teutonic No1.
The fonts compared, at sizes φ4, φ3, and φ2 ems:
This font comes in 3 variants: Alte Schwabacher, Alte Schwabacher OSF, and Alte Schwabacher Shadow.
Thia variant comes in 2 weights: Regular, and semi-bold.
Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Alte Schwabacher', serif;
1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
2.62emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
3.61emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
4.96emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
Thia variant comes in 2 weights: Regular, and semi-bold.
Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Alte Schwabacher OSF', serif;
1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
2.62emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
3.61emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
4.96emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
Thia variant comes in 1 weight: Regular.
Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Alte Schwabacher Shadow', serif;
1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
2.62emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
3.61emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
4.96emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
This font comes in 1 weight: Regular.
Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Autobahn', serif;
1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
2.62emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
3.61emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
4.96emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
This font comes in 1 weight: Regular.
Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Fette UNZ Fraktur', serif;
1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
2.62emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
3.61emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
4.96emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
This font comes in 4 variants: Plain Germanica, Embossed Germanica, Fluted Germanica, Shadowed Germanica.
This font comes in 1 weight: regular.
Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'PlainGermanica', serif;
1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
2.62emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
3.61emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
4.96emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
This font comes in 1 weight: regular.
Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'EmbossedGermanica', serif;
1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
2.62emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
3.61emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
4.96emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
This font comes in 1 weight: regular.
Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'FlutedGermanica', serif;
1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
2.62emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
3.61emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
4.96emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
This font comes in 1 weight: regular.
Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'ShadowedGermanica', serif;
1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
2.62emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
3.61emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
4.96emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
This font comes in 4 variants: Teutonic No1, Teutonic No2, Teutonic No3, Teutonic No4.
This font comes in 1 weight: regular.
Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Teutonic No1', serif;
1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
2.62emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
3.61emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
4.96emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
This font comes in 1 weight: regular.
Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Teutonic No2', serif;
1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
2.62emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
3.61emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
4.96emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
This font comes in 1 weight: regular.
Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Teutonic No3', serif;
1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
2.62emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
3.61emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
4.96emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
This font comes in 1 weight: regular.
Select this font with this CSS: font-family:'Teutonic No1', serif;
1.90emABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
2.62emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
3.61emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz
4.96emAaBbEeGgMmPpQqRrTtWwYyZz