Coloring Sheets: Gothic Script
By: Keith
Since I’ve been learning German these past few months, and my brain has been thus occupied, I thought it would be fun to have Mely do some Gothic characters. It has only been roughly 100 years since the majority of books printed in German were still printed using Gothic script. It is an ancient script, but we are not as far removed from it as one might think. Thus, have fun coloring and learning these intricate and beautiful letters! Remember to click over the image to get the PDF version you can print and to leave us your requests under the comments section. You can visit our previous coloring sheets here. Enjoy!
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Hey Keith, hope all is going well with you!
Great lettering post, Almighty Dad!
I’ve been collecting script lettering and filigree pieces for years. I even got a 100 year old bible through a trade that has some great wood carving images. Thanks for the post. Makes me want to bust out my old stuff.
Later,
Jason
The Cheek Daddy
Actually less than 100 years. My parents learned Fraktur (a variation of the Gothic script) and Sütterlin script (longhand) in primary school right up to 1940 when the Nazis did away with it and introduced modern type settings.
I should have said that variants of it have been around since the middle ages. Edmond Gastineau refereed to simply, Gothic script (without modifiers) in 1889.
Gothic is actually not too bad to read as long as you have aspirin and a glass of water by the time you turn to page 10. But I have never managed to read Sütterlin, let alone write it. On the other hand, my elderly relative refused to write in any other way until he passed away 5 years ago. I guess he just enjoyed the bewildered faces of bank managers when they had to deal with his forms.