Fraktur

Summary

Fraktur is a typeface family^[1]. Fraktur ranks in the top 1% of typeface_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,425 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Fraktur's image is recorded as Schriftzug Fraktur.svg^[3].
• Fraktur's image is recorded as Fraktur walbaum.png^[4].
• Fraktur's image is recorded as Nauka krotka ku czytaniu pisma polska, Königsberg, Georg Osterberger, ca. 1578, title page (Cambridge, Trinity College).png^[5].
• Fraktur's image is recorded as Fraktur humboldtfraktur.png^[6].
• Fraktur's instance of is recorded as typeface family^[7].
• Fraktur's instance of is recorded as bicameral script^[8].
• Fraktur's instance of is recorded as natural writing system^[9].
• Fraktur's based on is recorded as textura^[10].
• Fraktur's GND ID is recorded as 4155146-1^[11].
• Fraktur's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16258293p^[12].
• Fraktur's subclass of is recorded as blackletter^[13].
• Fraktur's Commons category is recorded as Fraktur^[14].
• Fraktur's language of work or name is recorded as German^[15].
• Fraktur's language of work or name is recorded as Danish^[16].
• Fraktur's language of work or name is recorded as Norwegian^[17].
• Fraktur's language of work or name is recorded as Estonian^[18].
• Fraktur's language of work or name is recorded as Latvian^[19].
• Fraktur's language of work or name is recorded as Swedish^[20].
• Fraktur's language of work or name is recorded as Finnish^[21].
• Fraktur's ISO 15924 alpha-4 code is recorded as Latf^[22].
• +1600-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fraktur^[23].
• Fraktur's end time is recorded as +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[24].
• Fraktur's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016lqp^[25].
• Fraktur's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph323747^[26].
• Fraktur's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fraktur^[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include typeface family^[7], bicameral script^[8], and natural writing system^[9].

History and Context

+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fraktur^[23].

Why It Matters

Fraktur ranks in the top 1% of typeface_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,425 views/month).^[2] Fraktur has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Fraktur is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]