# Death Note Font

> Death Note font look-alike: 16 gothic and blackletter styles to copy and paste, including an L-style capital, for cosplay, notebooks and fan posts.

- **URL**: https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/death-note-font

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The Death Note look comes from gothic blackletter lettering, and this page gives you 16 copy-and-paste styles that get close to it, from all-capital Fraktur for a notebook cover to a single framed blackletter capital in the spirit of L's emblem. There's no official downloadable Death Note font: the lettering in the series and its merchandise is custom artwork, so what you'll find here and elsewhere are fan matches.

## Death Note style lettering

Each style applied to “Death Note”. On the live page you can type your own text and copy any style.

- **Fraktur All Capitals**: 𝔇𝔈𝔄𝔗ℌ 𝔑𝔒𝔗𝔈
- **Bold Fraktur All Capitals**: 𝕯𝕰𝕬𝕿𝕳 𝕹𝕺𝕿𝕰
- **Fraktur**: 𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔑𝔬𝔱𝔢
- **Bold Fraktur**: 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕹𝖔𝖙𝖊
- **Illuminated Initials**: 𝕯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝕹𝔬𝔱𝔢
- **Framed Drop Cap**: 【𝕯】𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔑𝔬𝔱𝔢
- **Gothic Framed**: 【𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕹𝖔𝖙𝖊】
- **White Bracket Frame**: ⟦𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔑𝔬𝔱𝔢⟧
- **Framed Monogram**: 【𝕯𝕹】
- **Distressed Gothic**: 𝕯̷𝖊̣𝖆̰𝖙͙𝖍͇ 𝕹̴𝖔̷𝖙̣𝖊̰
- **Cursed Gothic**: 𝔇̷̷͙𝔢̣͇̣𝔞̴̰̰𝔱̷͙͙𝔥͇̣͇ 𝔑̴̴̰𝔬̷̷͙𝔱̣͇̣𝔢̴̰̰
- **Skull Gothic ☠**: ☠ 𝕯𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕹𝖔𝖙𝖊 ☠
- **Candlelit 🕯**: 🕯 𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔑𝔬𝔱𝔢 🕯
- **Dagger Gothic †**: † 𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔑𝔬𝔱𝔢 †
- **Long S Manuscript (ſ)**: 𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔑𝔬𝔱𝔢
- **Typewriter**: 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚎

## How to make Death Note style text

1. **Type the words**: Use the presets or your own title. Capitals matter: the cover look works best in all capitals, the emblem look with a single letter.
2. **Pick cover or emblem**: Fraktur All Capitals and Bold Fraktur All Capitals give the notebook-cover feel; Gothic Framed or Framed Monogram isolate one blackletter capital.
3. **Copy it**: Tap Copy and paste it into your post, username or document. For print, use the font suggestions below instead.

## What font is used in Death Note?

Death Note, the manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata that ran from 2003 to 2006, uses custom-drawn lettering for the notebook's cover and title. It is a gothic, blackletter-style design rather than a commercial typeface you can buy, and the anime and later merchandise have used several variations of it.

Fans usually match two separate things:

| Element | What it looks like | Closest free option |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Notebook cover title | Spiky gothic capitals, white on black | Fraktur All Capitals here, or [UnifrakturCook](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/fonts/unifrakturcook) as a font file |
| L's emblem | One ornate blackletter capital L | Gothic Framed style here; [Old English Text MT](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/fonts/old-english-text-mt) is the usual fan match |
| Rules page inside the notebook | English text in a plain, typed look | Typewriter style here |

Treat these as look-alikes, not the official artwork. If you need an exact match for a product, that artwork belongs to the rights holders.

## How do I make my own Death Note notebook cover?

- **Set the title in a real font.** Copy-paste letters can print blurry. Install a free blackletter font such as UnifrakturCook from the [Old English fonts](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/fonts/old-english) page and type the title in Word, Canva or Google Docs.
- **Use white on black.** The cover's effect depends on the contrast. Matte black card with white or silver lettering looks closest.
- **Keep it to two words.** Blackletter capitals are wide; a long title won't fit the width of an A5 or composition notebook cover.
- **Export an image if your app can't install fonts.** The [text to image tool](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/old-english-text-to-image) saves blackletter as a transparent PNG you can place on a design.

## Can I use the L symbol as a username?

Yes, as copy-paste text. Type L into the box and copy Bold Fraktur (𝕷), Fraktur (𝔏) or the framed version. Discord, Instagram and TikTok accept these characters in display names, but most platforms don't allow them in the @handle itself. Single-character names may be rejected for being too short, so add a word or a symbol.

## Why does all-capital blackletter look hard to read?

Blackletter capitals were designed to start a word, not to be lined up in a row. Set in all capitals, they become a dense pattern, which is exactly why they suit a sinister notebook cover and why they don't suit anything people need to read quickly. For a username, try Fraktur with normal capitalisation instead.

## How we built this style

These styles use Unicode Mathematical Fraktur (U+1D504 block) and Bold Fraktur (U+1D56C block). Five regular Fraktur capitals, including the H in Death Note, come from the Letterlike Symbols block. Nothing here reproduces the official Death Note artwork.

## More gothic lettering

- [Gothic Font Generator](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/gothic-font-generator): Darker blackletter with crosses, skulls and worn ink.
- [Horror Font Generator](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/horror-font-generator): Scary, cursed and vampire gothic text with Halloween symbols.
- [Old English Letters](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/old-english-letters): Single letters, initials and monograms.
- [Old English Discord Names](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/old-english-font-discord): Display names and nicknames that fit 32 characters.
- [Old English Text to Image](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/old-english-text-to-image): Export real blackletter type as PNG or SVG.
- [Gothic Symbols](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/gothic-symbols): Crosses, daggers, skulls and manuscript ornaments to copy.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Is there an official Death Note font?

No downloadable official font exists. The notebook lettering is custom artwork; fans recreate it with blackletter fonts and copy-paste styles like the ones on this page.

### What font is the L in Death Note?

L's emblem is a single ornate blackletter capital. Fans most often compare it to Old English Text MT; the Gothic Framed style here gives a similar copy-paste L.

### Can I copy and paste the Death Note font?

You can copy Death Note style text: type your words, pick a style and tap Copy. It's Unicode blackletter, so it pastes into most apps.

### Which free font is closest to the Death Note cover?

UnifrakturCook is a heavy, free blackletter font that comes close in weight. It's under the SIL Open Font License.

### Can I sell a notebook I made with this lettering?

Using the Death Note name and artwork on products you sell can infringe the rights holders' trademarks and copyright. Gothic lettering itself is fine; copying the official design isn't.

### Why do some letters look different from the others?

Five Fraktur capitals (C, H, I, R, Z) were added to Unicode earlier than the rest, so some fonts draw them in a slightly different style. Bold Fraktur doesn't have this issue.