# Old English Letter J

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

- **URL**: https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/old-english-alphabet/j

---

| Form | Character | Code point |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fraktur capital | 𝔍 | U+1D50D |
| Fraktur lowercase | 𝔧 | U+1D527 |
| Bold Fraktur capital | 𝕵 | U+1D575 |
| Bold Fraktur lowercase | 𝖏 | U+1D58F |

## How the Old English J is built

Capital J looks like the I with a tail that drops below the baseline. The lowercase j is a short minim stroke with a descender hooking left.

## Easily confused with

J and I are the most confused pair in the whole alphabet. Look for the descender: only J goes below the line.

## Where people use it

J is one of the most searched letters, used for names (Juan, Jasmine) and religious tattoos.

## Example words

- Jesus: 𝕵𝖊𝖘𝖚𝖘
- Juan: 𝕵𝖚𝖆𝖓
- Jasmine: 𝕵𝖆𝖘𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖊
- Joker: 𝕵𝖔𝖐𝖊𝖗
- J.R.: 𝕵.𝕽.

[Full Old English alphabet](https://www.oldenglishfontgenerator.com/old-english-alphabet)