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The Gothic alphabet is an alphabet for writing the Gothic language. It was developed in the 4th century AD by Ulfilas (or Wulfila), a Gothic preacher of Cappadocian Greek descent, for the purpose of translating the Bible. [a] The alphabet essentially uses uncial forms of the Greek alphabet, with a few additional letters to express Gothic ...
Not only were blackletter forms called Gothic script, but any other seemingly barbarian script, such as Visigothic, Beneventan, and Merovingian, were also labeled Gothic. This in contrast to Carolingian minuscule , a highly legible script which the humanists called littera antiqua ("the ancient letter"), wrongly believing that it was the script ...
American Gothic is a 1930 oil on beaverwood painting by the American Regionalist artist Grant Wood. Depicting a Midwestern farmer and his daughter standing in front of their Carpenter Gothic style home, American Gothic is one of the most famous American paintings of the 20th century and is frequently referenced in popular culture.
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American Gothic Alt text: Black and white photo of a somber middle-aged black janitress wearing rimless glasses and a polka dot dress stares off to the side. She is holds a corn broom head up and wet mop head up behind her.
Gothic script, typeface, letters, text or font may refer to: Blackletter an ornate calligraphic style originating in Western Europe. (Includes "Early Gothic", "Old English", Textura/Textualis, Cursiva and others.) Fraktur, a form of Blackletter; Schwabacher, a form of Blackletter; Gothic alphabet, the Greek-derived writing system of the Gothic ...