# Old English Letter B

> The Old English (Fraktur) letter B: copyable forms, how it is built and what it is confused with.

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| Form | Character | Code point |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fraktur capital | 𝔅 | U+1D505 |
| Fraktur lowercase | 𝔟 | U+1D51F |
| Bold Fraktur capital | 𝕭 | U+1D56D |
| Bold Fraktur lowercase | 𝖇 | U+1D587 |

## How the Old English B is built

B is built from a tall left stem with two stacked bowls that are flattened into angular boxes. The lowercase b has a long ascender topped with a small flag, a detail that comes straight from the broad-edge pen.

## Easily confused with

Capital B and capital V share almost the same outline in Fraktur. B closes its lower bowl into the stem; V leaves the bottom open as a point or curl.

## Where people use it

B shows up in brand-style initials, family names and words like Blessed, a common choice for script and blackletter tattoos.

## Example words

- Blessed: 𝕭𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖉
- Brooklyn: 𝕭𝖗𝖔𝖔𝖐𝖑𝖞𝖓
- Bella: 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖆
- Brotherhood: 𝕭𝖗𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖍𝖔𝖔𝖉
- B.B.: 𝕭.𝕭.

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