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Also Known As	Old English script • Gothic script

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Black letter, type as used in the 42-line Bible issued at Mainz, 1456.

Black-letter book hand by Jacobus de Voragine

The image displays the words Textura, Rotunda, Fraktur, and Batard written in bold, ornate black letter calligraphy styles, demonstrating different forms of traditional Gothic script.

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