How it works
This page sets your words in a bible script font: nine faces, from uncial and blackletter to old print and pen scripts. It opens on Uncial Antiqua in black on old paper. It letters what you type and adds no text of its own.
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Four kinds of lettering
Uncial Antiqua is uncial: round letters written all in capitals, a script scribes used from the 4th to the 8th century, as Wikipedia records. Pirata One and UnifrakturMaguntia are blackletter, a book hand from the late 12th century on. IM Fell English SC, Playfair Display and Cinzel are print and inscription letters. Tangerine, Pinyon Script and Great Vibes are pen scripts.
Paper, ink and gold
Pen weight thickens a thin script such as Tangerine so it holds when the picture is shrunk. Gold brings its own colors and reads best on Black.
- Blackletter capitals are hard to read in a row. Type a capital and small letters: compare CONTENTS with Contents in UnifrakturMaguntia.
- IM Fell English SC and Cinzel have no small letters: lowercase comes out as small capitals.
Questions and answers
Is a biblical script font the same thing as blackletter?
Not always. People use the words for two old book hands: uncial, written all in capitals, and blackletter, which followed centuries later. This page has one uncial face and two blackletter ones.
Is there one bible scripture font that every printed edition shares?
No single face. Printed editions differ, and no face on this page is claimed to be the type of any edition. These are open-license faces in old styles, chosen by look.
Which bible font style suits a long passage?
Playfair Display or IM Fell English SC: print faces, easy to read at length. Keep uncial, blackletter and the scripts for a heading or one line. The tool takes 120 characters on four lines.
Do these biblical font styles come as font files?
Not from this page. It draws a picture of your words: a PNG or an SVG, or a print. Each face is listed under the tool with its license.