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Fraktur AI image prompts

The quintessential German blackletter, a broken script whose name comes from the Latin for 'fractured' — its curves literally broken into angular strokes. For four centuries it was simply how German was printed. Use the prompts below in Midjourney, DALL·E, or Stable Diffusion — or build your own from the Fraktur vocabulary.

Type specimen — Fraktur (Blackletter); shown in UnifrakturMaguntia (OFL)

Copy-ready prompts

Midjourney
a typographic specimen poster in the Fraktur style, fraktur, german blackletter, broken script, elephant trunk flourish, deutsche schrift, broad nib calligraphy, diamond terminals, historic german print, broken-script, high-contrast, condensed, vertical-stress, highly detailed --ar 3:2 --no text, watermark
DALL·E / ChatGPT
A typographic specimen poster in the Fraktur style. Emphasize fraktur, german blackletter, broken script, elephant trunk flourish, deutsche schrift, broad nib calligraphy, diamond terminals, historic german print. The mood is broken-script, high-contrast, condensed, vertical-stress. Highly detailed, no text or watermark, 3:2 landscape composition.
Stable Diffusion
a typographic specimen poster in the Fraktur style, fraktur, german blackletter, broken script, elephant trunk flourish, deutsche schrift, broad nib calligraphy, diamond terminals, historic german print, broken-script, high-contrast, condensed, vertical-stress, highly detailed, sharp focus
Negative prompt: text, watermark, signature, blurry, low quality, deformed

Fraktur keyword vocabulary

Tap a keyword to collect it in the Designdeas prompt builder, then mix in your own subject.

Prompts for related styles

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