a style of typeface, formerly used in German typesetting for many printed works
Word origin
German, from Latin fractūra a breaking, fracture; from the curlicues that seem to interrupt the continuous line of a word
Fraktur in American English
(frɑkˈtʊr)
noun
1. [sometimesf-]
a style of German black-letter type
2. [usuallyf-]
a.
a type of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art consisting of documents, as marriage or baptismal certificates, framed mottoes, etc. written in Fraktur lettering and illuminated with colorful flowers, birds, and other motifs
b.
an example of this
Word origin
Ger < L fractura (see fracture): so named from its angular, broken lines