fraktur
(typography) A style of black letter type, used especially in German-speaking countries from the 16th century until World War II.
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Born ~1886 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Fucking hell. Are those cage-liners printed in Fraktur? There are many in the western media who are more than a little responsible for much of our current woes, bigotry and anger. Hell mend the lot of them
I don't watch much Kurzgesagt but I was interested in their game Star Birds. Glad to see that I have dodged a bullet by not having it on my Steam library. The Fraktur font too, jfc
Mostly that they don't know shit about Fraktur lmao
Using Fraktur for that thumbnail is a *message*
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(typography) A style of black letter type, used especially in German-speaking countries from the 16th century until World War II.
“Fucking hell. Are those cage-liners printed in Fraktur? There are many in the western media who are more than a little responsible for much of our current woes, bigotry and anger. Hell mend the lot of them”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US) A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolor illustration and fraktur lettering.
“I don't watch much Kurzgesagt but I was interested in their game Star Birds. Glad to see that I have dodged a bullet by not having it on my Steam library. The Fraktur font too, jfc”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Mostly that they don't know shit about Fraktur lmao”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Using Fraktur for that thumbnail is a *message*”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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