fraktur

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Features performances by Ephrata Cloister Chorus at 2, 3 and 4 p.m., plus book signing by fraktur artist Ruthanne Hartung and display by potter Christine Tosten-Souders from 1 to 4 p.m.

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  1. noun A style of black letter formerly used in German manuscripts and printing.

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  • Features performances by Ephrata Cloister Chorus at 2, 3 and 4 p.m., plus book signing by fraktur artist Ruthanne Hartung and display by potter Christine Tosten-Souders from 1 to 4 p.m. —  Berks county news
  • Kathy Lloyd: In this note we compute Leibniz algebra deformations of the three-dimensional Heisenberg Lie algebra [fraktur n] and compare it to its Lie deformations. —  Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO'
 

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  1. German, from Latin frāctūra, a breaking (from the curlicues that appear to break up the word); see fracture.

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  1. German, from Latin fractura, breaking: see fracture.
 

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