Old German Font Types
Old German Style Fonts
The Old German script includes various fonts. These developed from the early Middle Ages to modern times. I would like to show you some typical old German print and writing scripts here.
Sep 20, 2019 “German script is for foreign-based Germans an indispensable defence against the threat of becoming less German”. This is a notice from the Nazi times, that clearly points out that the Gothic, Black-Face lettering which was used all over Germany. We have 80 free old german fonts to offer for direct downloading 1001 Fonts is your favorite site for free fonts since 2001 History of the Old German Script at Walden Font Co. On the History of Old German.
Old German Style Font Styles
The Sütterlin script and the Sütterlin alphabet
Printable Old German Lettering
The last example in the list above shows the Sütterlin script. It was developed by Ludwig Sütterlin in 1911 and taught at school as a German script until 1941. Even today many great-grandparents and grandparents can still read this script. Below you see the Sütterlin alphabet: