fraktur


frak·tur

F0293000 (fräk-to͝or′)n. A style of black letter formerly used in German manuscripts and printing.
[German, from Latin frāctūra, a breaking (from the curlicues that appear to break up the word); see fracture.]

Fraktur

(German frakˈtuːr) n (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a style of typeface, formerly used in German typesetting for many printed works[German, from Latin fractūra a breaking, fracture; from the curlicues that seem to interrupt the continuous line of a word]

Frak•tur

(frɑkˈtur)

n. 1. German black-letter text type. 2. (often l.c.) a stylized, highly decorative watercolor or calligraphic technique in the Pennsylvania-German tradition. [1900–05, Amer.; < German < Latin frāctūra action of breaking (in reference to the curlicues that broke up the continuous line of a word). See fracture]