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Fraktur definition

Frak·tur (fräk to̵or′)

noun

  1. a style of German black-letter type
    1. a type of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art consisting of documents, as marriage or baptismal certificates, framed mottoes, etc. written in Fraktur lettering and illuminated with colorful flowers, birds, and other motifs
    2. an example of this

Etymology: Ger < L fractura (see fracture): so named from its angular, broken lines

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