Gothic font generator — blackletter text to copy and paste
Turn any words into fraktur and bold gothic text that pastes into your bio, captions and server names. Then print them as big gothic outline letters to color.
In short: A gothic font generator converts your letters into Unicode fraktur characters, the blackletter look often called Old English. 𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔠 and 𝕭𝖔𝖑𝖉 𝖌𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖈 paste as text into Instagram, TikTok and Discord. This page lists both first, keeps every other style below, and can print your words as big gothic outline letters to color.
- Gothic (fraktur)
- Bold gothic
- Cursive script
- Bold cursive
- Double-struck (outline)
- Italic
- Bold italic
- Sans italic
- Sans bold italic
- Bold serif
- Bold sans
- Sans serif
- Typewriter (monospace)
- Bubble (circled)
- Black bubble
- Squares
- Black squares
- Wide (vaporwave)
- Small caps
- Tiny (superscript)
- Upside down
- Strikethrough
- Underline
- Double underline
- Slashed
- Crossed above
- Glitch
- Faux Cyrillic
- Currency
- Greek-ish
- Thai-ish
- Ethiopic-ish
- Kana-ish
- Hooks
- Dotted
Print it: “Midnight Garden” on paper
Copy-paste text lives on screens. These turn the same words into a free printable sheet for tracing or coloring.
How do you make gothic text?
Type into the box and copy the Gothic (fraktur) or Bold gothic row. Fraktur is the blackletter script used in old German printing, which is why people also call it Old English or medieval text. The characters come from Unicode’s Mathematical Fraktur alphabet; five capitals (ℭ, ℌ, ℑ, ℜ and ℨ) come from the Letterlike Symbols block, so they can look slightly different on some phones. Bold gothic is heavier and easier to read at small sizes, and it also has bold numbers. Gothic text is popular for band-style names, gaming tags, tattoo ideas, Halloween posts and dark-academia bios. Below the styles, the print section draws the same words in a real blackletter font as big outline letters you can color, on US Letter or A4.
- Gothic (fraktur) and bold gothic, plus 30+ other styles
- Fraktur capitals C, H, I, R and Z come from Letterlike Symbols
- Print as big gothic outline letters (PDF)
How to make gothic text
Type your words
Short names and titles look best in blackletter; long sentences get hard to read.
Pick Gothic or Bold gothic
Bold gothic reads better on phones; regular fraktur looks more delicate.
Copy and paste
Tap Copy, then paste into your bio, caption, nickname or document.
Print it (optional)
Scroll to “Print it” to turn the same words into a free gothic letters to color PDF on US Letter or A4.
Gothic, blackletter, Old English: same look, different names
Blackletter is the family of heavy, angular scripts used in European books from the 12th to the 17th century. Fraktur is the German branch and the one Unicode includes, so every “Old English” copy-paste generator uses it. Real Old English is a language, not a font; this page changes how letters look, not the words.
- 𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔠: thin strokes, classic look
- 𝕭𝖔𝖑𝖉 𝖌𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖈: heavier, readable on small screens
- Double-struck (𝔻𝕒𝕣𝕜): an outline look that pairs well with gothic headings
Print gothic letters to color
The print section draws your words in UnifrakturMaguntia, an open-license blackletter font, as clean outlines that fill the page. Color them with markers, use them as a poster title or practice blackletter lettering by tracing over them.
Where can you paste fancy fonts?
These are not real fonts. Each letter is swapped for a Unicode character that already looks styled, so the result is plain text that pastes into almost any app. Whether a style shows up depends on the fonts installed on the phone or computer that reads it:
| Place | What usually works |
|---|---|
| Instagram bio, captions, comments | Most styles. Names allow them too, but they are harder to search for |
| TikTok bio and captions | Most styles; the username field accepts plain letters only |
| Discord messages, nicknames, server names | Most styles; combining lines (strikethrough, underline) can stack oddly |
| X, Facebook, Threads, YouTube comments | Most styles |
| Text messages and email | Depends on the receiving phone; older Android phones may show boxes |
| Usernames, passwords, school portals | Usually blocked or turned back into plain letters |
If a friend sees empty boxes (□) or question marks, their device has no glyph for that character. Script, bold, italic, gothic and bubble styles are the safest; look-alike “weird” styles and stacked marks are the most likely to break.
Use fancy text kindly
Screen readers read many of these characters one by one (“mathematical bold script capital H…”) or skip them, and search boxes rarely match them. Keep fancy text for a name, a heading or a few words, and write the important part (dates, links, how to reach you) in plain letters.
Frequently asked questions
Is gothic text the same as Old English font?
Yes, for copy-paste purposes. Both names describe blackletter (fraktur) lettering. This generator does not translate words into the Old English language.
Can I use gothic text in my Discord name?
Yes. Discord nicknames and server names accept fraktur characters. Your actual username has to stay plain letters.
Why do C, H, I, R and Z look different?
Those five fraktur capitals were added to Unicode earlier, in the Letterlike Symbols block, so some fonts draw them in a slightly different weight.
Why do some letters show up as boxes?
The app or phone reading your text has no font with that character. Your text is fine; it just cannot be drawn there. Pick a script, bold or bubble style, which almost every device supports.
Is this font generator free?
Yes. Every style, the copy button and the printable PDFs are free, with no sign-up and no watermark. The text is converted in your browser and is never sent to us.
Can I use it on my phone?
Yes. Type your text, tap Copy next to the style you like, then long-press in Instagram, TikTok or Discord and paste.