Is this a font or actual characters?

These are real Unicode characters from the Mathematical Fraktur block, not a CSS font. That is why the styling survives when you copy and paste it into apps that do not let you change fonts.

Why do C, H, I, R and Z look different?

Unicode places those five Fraktur capitals in the Letterlike Symbols block rather than the main Mathematical Fraktur range. The tool maps them to the correct code points so they always render.

Will it display everywhere?

Most modern systems include these glyphs, so it works on the web, iOS, Android, and Discord. Some older fonts lack them and will show empty boxes instead.

Does it convert numbers and punctuation?

No. There is no Fraktur range for digits or punctuation, so those characters are left exactly as you typed them. Only A–Z and a–z are restyled.

Is it accessible to screen readers?

Screen readers may read these as math symbols rather than plain letters, so avoid using Fraktur for important or navigational text. It is best reserved for decorative flourishes.

Old English Style Transformer

Style your text in Blackletter

Old English, also called Fraktur or Blackletter, is the dense ornamental script associated with medieval manuscripts and gothic headlines. Unicode includes a full Mathematical Fraktur alphabet, so you can produce this look as actual text characters rather than an image or a CSS font. This transformer maps each letter to its Fraktur code point so you can copy and paste the result anywhere that accepts Unicode.

How it works

Unicode assigns Fraktur letters mostly within the Supplementary Multilingual Plane: capital A starts at code point U+1D504 and small a at U+1D51E. The tool computes each glyph by offsetting from the base:

fraktur capital = 0x1D504 + (letter - "A")
fraktur small   = 0x1D51E + (letter - "a")

There is one important catch. Five Fraktur capitals — C, H, I, R, and Z — were unified into the older Letterlike Symbols block and do not sit in the sequential range. If you naively offset them you land on reserved or wrong code points and get blank boxes. The tool special-cases those five to their correct Letterlike code points so the whole alphabet renders cleanly. Digits and punctuation pass through unchanged because no Fraktur forms exist for them.

Tips and notes

This is perfect for a decorative username, a heading, or a social bio, but use it sparingly: screen readers announce these as mathematical alphanumeric symbols, not ordinary letters, which hurts accessibility for any text that matters. If some letters appear as boxes on an older device, that device’s fonts simply lack the glyphs. For a cleaner bold look that is more widely supported, try the bold serif Unicode generator.