Gothic Text Generator
Turn your text into dark blackletter letters. Type above for gothic fraktur and bold gothic styles, then copy them into game names, bios, band pages and posts.
How to use it
1. Type your text in the box above. 2. Every style updates live as you type. 3. Tap Copy next to the style you like and paste it into your bio, name, caption or message. No sign-up, nothing to install, and your text never leaves your browser.
Gothic and Bold Gothic
Gothic uses the classic fraktur letterforms of medieval manuscripts and old newspaper mastheads. Bold Gothic is the heavier blackletter cut, which reads better in short names and titles. For an even older English look, pair these with the letters on our fancy letters page.
Where gothic text works
Game nicknames (especially RPG and metal servers), Discord server names, Instagram bios, tattoo lettering mockups and Halloween posts. Keep it to names and headings: long blackletter sentences are slow to read.
Is this a real font?
No. These styles are Unicode characters that look like styled letters, not font files. That is why the style travels with the text when you copy and paste it, and why it works in apps that do not allow custom fonts.
Common questions
Is gothic text the same as Old English font?
Very close. Both come from blackletter calligraphy. Fraktur is the German branch of the family, with slightly more ornate capitals.
Why do some capitals look like other letters?
A few Latin capitals were never encoded as fraktur, so Unicode uses look-alike letters such as the C, H and R forms. Every generator uses the same standard set.