Fraktur: Meaning and Definition of

Frak•tur

1. German black-letter text, a style of type.
2. (usually l.c.)
1. a stylized, highly decorative watercolor or watercolor-and-ink painting in the Pennsylvania-German tradition, often bearing elaborate calligraphy and standardized motifs, as birds, tulips, mermaids, and unicorns, and typically appearing on a book page, baptismal certificate or other family record, or merchant's advertisement.
2. the elaborate calligraphy used in frakturs.