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Fraktur (blackletter/gothic) text uses the Mathematical Fraktur block — with five capitals (C, H, I, R, Z) again borrowed from older Letterlike Symbols code points.
01 Step by step, per platform
A real, followable procedure for every platform — not a thin restatement of the shortcut.
How it works
- Fraktur A is U+1D504 (𝔄), fraktur a is U+1D51E (𝔞).
- C, H, I, R, Z instead use ℭ ℌ ℑ ℜ ℨ (U+212D, U+210C, U+2111, U+211C, U+2128) — classic mathematical notation symbols (e.g. ℑ for the imaginary part of a complex number) reused visually.
02 FAQ
Is Fraktur text the same as "gothic" or "old English" text some sites offer?
Usually yes — sites use these names interchangeably for the same Mathematical Fraktur Unicode block, since it's the only blackletter-style alphabet Unicode provides.
Will "fancy text" work everywhere I paste it?
Mostly, since it's just Unicode text — but it isn't accessible: screen readers often can't pronounce these look-alike letters properly, and browser find-in-page / site search won't match them against the real word, since each is a different code point from the plain letter it resembles.
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