How to use it
- Type or paste your text.
- Pick regular or bold Gothic.
- Click Copy.
- Paste it into your bio, nickname or post.
Gothic, Old English, Fraktur, blackletter
These names describe the same family of letterforms: the dense, angular script used in European manuscripts and early printed books, from the Gutenberg Bible onward. Blackletter is the umbrella term; Fraktur is the style that was standard in German printing for centuries; Old English is the name commonly used in the US, familiar from newspaper mastheads, diplomas and tattoo lettering.
The generator uses the Fraktur letters that are part of Unicode, in regular (𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔠) and bold (𝕲𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖈) weights. Because they're characters, not a font file, they keep their look when you paste them into Instagram, TikTok, Discord, game nicknames, YouTube comments or a document.
The Gothic alphabet
Open The Gothic alphabet below the tool to see every capital and lowercase letter side by side with the normal letter, which helps when reading old documents or planning lettering. Some capitals look quite different from modern letters and are easy to confuse:
| Normal | Gothic | Often mistaken for |
|---|---|---|
| I, J | ℑ, 𝔍 | each other |
| C, E | ℭ, 𝔈 | each other |
| B, V | 𝔅, 𝔙 | each other |
| R | ℜ | B |
| Z | ℨ | 3 |
That's why blackletter text is best used for short words like a name or a title, and why many people style only the first letter of a word.
Accents and limits
Unicode includes Fraktur versions of A–Z and a–z only. Numbers and punctuation stay as they are, and accented letters such as é or ü have no Gothic form. With Keep accents on, the base letter becomes Gothic and the accent is added as a combining mark, which looks fine in most apps; if it appears misplaced, turn the option off to leave accented letters plain.
Like other fancy text, Gothic letters may be read strangely by screen readers and may not show up in search, so use them for decoration and keep important information in normal text. Everything runs in your browser.
How to paste it
On a phone, tap Copy, then long-press the text field in your app and choose Paste. On a computer, click Copy and press Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on a Mac). If a field shows empty boxes or question marks, that app or system font lacks the Fraktur characters; updating the app usually fixes it. Some games and sites only accept basic letters in names and will reject the text, in which case only part of your name can be styled, or none of it.
Ideas
- A Gothic display name or clan tag in a game.
- A dark, metal or vintage look for a band, a shop or a tattoo studio bio.
- Headings for a medieval, fantasy or Halloween themed post.
- Mock-ups for diploma, certificate or newspaper-style lettering.
For printed designs, logos and tattoos, a real blackletter font in a design program gives you full control over size and spacing; this tool is for text you paste online. For other styles, such as cursive, bold or bubble letters, try the fancy text generator or the Instagram fonts page.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Old English font called?
It's a blackletter style. The Unicode letters this tool uses are Fraktur, a German blackletter, which looks like what Americans usually call Old English.
Can I use Gothic text on Instagram and TikTok?
Yes, in bios, display names, captions and comments. Usernames only accept plain letters.
Why do numbers stay normal?
Unicode has Fraktur letters but no Fraktur digits, so numbers and punctuation keep their normal form.
Can I use this for a tattoo?
You can use it to try out wording, but for a tattoo design, a proper blackletter font and a tattoo artist will give a far better result.
Is it free?
Yes. The characters are standard Unicode and free to use anywhere.
Last updated: November 12, 2026