# Fraktur Generator > Fraktur generator for German blackletter text. Handles ä, ö, ü and ß, adds the long s and copies straight into any app. Free, no sign-up. - **URL**: https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/fraktur-generator --- Fraktur is the German branch of blackletter, and this Fraktur generator is built to handle German text properly. Umlauts keep their dots, ß stays in place, and you can switch on the long s that German printers used until the 20th century. English works too, of course; the letters are the same. ## Fraktur styles Each style applied to “Grüße aus München”. On the live page you can type your own text and copy any style. - **Fraktur**: 𝔊𝔯𝔲̈ß𝔢 𝔞𝔲𝔰 𝔐𝔲̈𝔫𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔫 - **Bold Fraktur**: 𝕲𝖗𝖚̈ß𝖊 𝖆𝖚𝖘 𝕸𝖚̈𝖓𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖓 - **Long S Manuscript (ſ)**: 𝔊𝔯𝔲̈ß𝔢 𝔞𝔲𝔰 𝔐𝔲̈𝔫𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔫 - **Fraktur All Capitals**: 𝔊ℜ𝔘̈𝔖𝔖𝔈 𝔄𝔘𝔖 𝔐𝔘̈𝔑ℭℌ𝔈𝔑 - **Illuminated Initials**: 𝕲𝔯𝔲̈ß𝔢 𝕬𝔲𝔰 𝕸𝔲̈𝔫𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔫 - **Guillemet Frame**: « 𝔊𝔯𝔲̈ß𝔢 𝔞𝔲𝔰 𝔐𝔲̈𝔫𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔫 » - **Fraktur All Lowercase**: 𝔤𝔯𝔲̈ß𝔢 𝔞𝔲𝔰 𝔪𝔲̈𝔫𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔫 - **Wide Gothic**: 𝔊 𝔯 𝔲̈ ß 𝔢 𝔞 𝔲 𝔰 𝔐 𝔲̈ 𝔫 𝔠 𝔥 𝔢 𝔫 - **Manuscript Interpunct**: 𝔊·𝔯·𝔲̈·ß·𝔢 𝔞·𝔲·𝔰 𝔐·𝔲̈·𝔫·𝔠·𝔥·𝔢·𝔫 - **Old English Underline**: 𝔊̲𝔯̲𝔲̲̈ß̲𝔢̲ 𝔞̲𝔲̲𝔰̲ 𝔐̲𝔲̲̈𝔫̲𝔠̲𝔥̲𝔢̲𝔫̲ - **Bold Fraktur All Capitals**: 𝕲𝕽𝖀̈𝕾𝕾𝕰 𝕬𝖀𝕾 𝕸𝖀̈𝕹𝕮𝕳𝕰𝕹 - **Corner Bracket Frame**: 『𝕲𝖗𝖚̈ß𝖊 𝖆𝖚𝖘 𝕸𝖚̈𝖓𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖓』 ## How to write German in Fraktur 1. **Type normally**: Use your usual keyboard, umlauts and ß included. There's no need for special codes. 2. **Try the long s**: Switch to the Long S Manuscript style to see ſ in the middle of words, as in old German print. 3. **Copy and paste**: Paste into a message, a document heading or a social post. The umlaut dots travel with the letters. ## How umlauts and ß are handled Unicode has no ready-made Fraktur ä, ö or ü. The generator splits each umlaut into its base letter and a separate two-dot mark, converts the base letter to Fraktur and keeps the mark attached, so ü becomes 𝔲 followed by a combining diaeresis. Most phones and browsers draw that correctly; a few older fonts place the dots slightly off-centre. There is also no Fraktur ß, so the sharp s stays as the ordinary ß. It sits comfortably between Fraktur letters because its shape already comes from blackletter. When you choose an all-capitals style, ß becomes SS, which is the standard German rule. ## The long s (ſ) and other Fraktur habits Fraktur printing used two forms of s. The long ſ appeared at the start and in the middle of syllables, while the round s was used at the end. The rule is more subtle than our simple version, which replaces any s followed by a letter, but it gives the right feel for most words. Other conventions you might notice in old German print: - Ligatures such as ch, ck and tz were cast as single pieces of type. - Emphasis was shown by letter-spacing, called Sperrsatz, rather than italics. The Wide style imitates it. - Foreign words and names were often set in roman type inside a Fraktur text. ## Fraktur outside Germany Fraktur was also standard in the Nordic and Baltic countries for long stretches. Today you see it on beer labels, newspaper mastheads, heavy metal album art and in mathematics, where Fraktur letters label algebraic structures. That last use is the reason the characters exist in Unicode at all. ## How we built this style Input is normalised to decomposed form (Unicode NFD), then each base letter is mapped to Mathematical Fraktur U+1D504–U+1D537 with the Letterlike Symbols capitals ℭ ℌ ℑ ℜ ℨ filling the gaps. Umlaut dots are the combining diaeresis U+0308. The long s is U+017F. ## More blackletter generators - [Blackletter Generator](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/blackletter-generator): Textura, rotunda and fraktur explained, with matching styles. - [Old English Alphabet](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/old-english-alphabet): Every letter A–Z and a–z, one tap to copy, with a printable sheet. - [Medieval Font Generator](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/medieval-font-generator): Manuscript-style text with thorns, long s and fleurons. - [Gothic Font Generator](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/gothic-font-generator): Darker blackletter with crosses, skulls and worn ink. - [Old English Text to Image](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/old-english-text-to-image): Export real blackletter type as PNG or SVG. - [Old English Letters](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/old-english-letters): Single letters, initials and monograms. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does Fraktur mean? It comes from the Latin fractus, broken, describing how the round strokes are broken into angled segments. ### Why do the umlaut dots look misplaced? The dots are a separate combining character. Some fonts don't position combining marks well on mathematical letters. Try a different app or browser if it bothers you. ### Is there a Fraktur version of ß? Not as a separate Unicode character. The normal ß is used, which already has blackletter origins. ### When should I use the long s? Only for a historical look. Modern readers often mistake ſ for f, so avoid it where the word must be understood instantly. ### Do accented letters from other languages work? Yes. Letters like é, ñ or å are split into base letter and accent in the same way, so the accent stays on the Fraktur letter.