Old English Font Generator
Old English lettering carries a formal, historic weight — the look of certificates, newspaper mastheads and tattoo script. This page features the lighter fraktur weight.
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𝔗𝔶𝔭𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤
𝕿𝖞𝖕𝖊 𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌
𝒯𝓎𝓅ℯ 𝓈ℴ𝓂ℯ𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃ℊ
𝓣𝔂𝓹𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰
ᏖᎩᎮᏋ ᏕᎧᛖᏋᏖᏂᎥᏁᎶ
ȶʏքɛ ֆօʍɛȶɦɨռɢ
tץקє ร๏๓єtђเภﻮ
𝕋𝕪𝕡𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘
TYᑭE SOᗰETᕼIᑎG
𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝑇𝑦𝑝𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔
𝘛𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝚃𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐
ᴛʏᴘᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ
ᵀʸᵖᵉ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ
Tyρє sσмєтнιηg
Ⓣⓨⓟⓔ ⓢⓞⓜⓔⓣⓗⓘⓝⓖ
🅣🅨🅟🅔 🅢🅞🅜🅔🅣🅗🅘🅝🅖
🅃🅈🄿🄴 🅂🄾🄼🄴🅃🄷🄸🄽🄶
Ｔｙｐｅ ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ
T̶y̶p̶e̶ s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶
T̲y̲p̲e̲ s̲o̲m̲e̲t̲h̲i̲n̲g̲
ƃuᴉɥʇǝɯos ǝdʎ┴
T̋ͅŷͅp̰̌e̥̽ ŝ̰ó̙m̖̋e̽ͅt̗̀ḥ̌ï̤n̘̑ġ̥
Ṱ̸̰̱̋͆̂ẙ̙̩̖̂̑̕p̰̣̥̽͆̀̕ė̴̥̭̖̑̃ s̛̗̰̘̋̋̊ô̸̗̰̰̊̋m̸̭̣̤̃̀̀ẽ̛̗̣̤̄̃t̸̰̘̥̋̌̆h̶̭̗̱̃̄̇ï̵̘̖̘̃̃ň̙̩̱̽́̕g̸̭̱̃̆̑ͅ
T̸̵̘̰̗̙̩̖̋͆̂͆̌̑y̵̴̰̘̤̥̭̖̽͆̀́̌̇p̛̛̩̩̗̰̰̋̋̊̃́̑ͅẽ̴̛̙̙̙̗̣̤̀̀̽̌̇ s̵̛̙̤̰̭̗̱̋̌̆̽̑̂ơ̶̱̗̗̙̩̱̈̃̃̈̂́m̸̴̘̤̩̱̗̘̃̆̑͆̋͆ḛ̵̵̘̣̥̤̖͆̄̃̃̽̌t̸̗̗̗̥̱̂̑̄̊̀̇̕ͅh̵̛̩̩̱̤̰̣̄̆̃͆͆̑i̴̵̤̙̤̘̖̰̋̀̈̌̇̋ṉ̸̴̜̱̤̙̽̂̈̃̂̃ͅg̵̵̱̭̘̤̤̘̀̇̽̊̽̆
Old English
The name is a bit of a misnomer: the style is textura blackletter, not the Old English language, and it reached English printing centuries after Anglo-Saxon was spoken. Newspaper nameplates kept it alive long after body text moved to Roman type, which is why it still signals tradition. Unicode encodes it as mathematical fraktur, complete except for a few letters drawn from the letterlike block.
Where people use it
- Certificate and diploma-style headings
- Newspaper-masthead parody text
- Tattoo lettering references
- Heritage and vintage brand names
Frequently asked questions
- Is old English the same as gothic?
- Same family, different weight. Old English here is the regular fraktur; the gothic page features the bold one.
- Why do capital letters look so ornate?
- Blackletter capitals were drawn as decorated initials, so they carry far more flourish than the lowercase.
- Does it work on WhatsApp?
- Yes — WhatsApp passes these characters through in messages, group names and your about text.