Gothic Letter M β Copy & Paste
M in two cases β π and πͺ β with M a tap from your clipboard.
M-Words in Gothic Letters
M-words below, each M styled and one click away.
M in Gothic Letters β the Character
M pairs π (U+1D510) with πͺ β M carries its shape everywhere.
The Letter That Dated Every Title Page
For the whole hand-press era, books announced their year in Roman numerals β and since every year from 1000 onward starts with M (mille, thousand), the Fraktur capital M opened the date line of essentially every early printed title page: M.CCCC.LXXXVIII, M.D.XLII, M.DC.XVIII. Whatever the book, whoever the printer, an π stood at the head of the imprint.
That gives this letter a claim none of its neighbours can make: it may be the single most-printed blackletter capital of the era, not because German is rich in M-words, but because arithmetic put it on every dated page.
Reading the Gothic M
The Fraktur lowercase πͺ (U+1D52A) is the widest letter in the alphabet: three near-identical vertical strokes joined by broken shoulders, the maximum expression of the script's fence-of-strokes texture. Where cursive fights to keep its m distinct, blackletter leans in β the uniformity is the aesthetic, and m delivers more of it per letter than anything else on the page.
The capital π splits the difference: two broad arches flanked by sweeping hairline hooks, wide like its lowercase but far more ornate.
Setting the Gothic M
M-names β Matthias, Margarete, Marcus, Mathilde β put the grand π to monogram work, and its width means it wants room: give it size or give it space. The lowercase dominates any word it enters ('hammer', 'summer'), so m-heavy text reads especially dark and dense.
Preview 'mm' and 'mn' pairs in the converter below β six to five strokes in a row is blackletter at its most extreme, and exactly the effect some uses want.
Copying This M
π (U+1D510) and πͺ (U+1D52A) copy from the cards above as ordinary Unicode β the capital that dated four centuries of books, one click away.
M in Other Styles
M across the family β every style draws M with its own logic.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does the M in old book dates mean?βΌ
It is the Roman numeral for 1,000 (Latin mille). Every year from 1000 to 1999 begins with M in Roman numerals, so hand-press-era title pages β which dated books that way β almost all open their imprint line with a blackletter π.
Why is the gothic m so wide?βΌ
It is built from three near-identical vertical strokes joined by broken shoulders β the widest letter in the Fraktur alphabet. Blackletter prized a uniform woven texture, and m supplies more of that repeating stroke pattern than any other letter.
M β how do I copy this gothic letter?βΌ
M copies from either card up top β tap once and M goes straight into your field.
M on Instagram and Discord β does it paste?βΌ
M is code point U+1D510, so M survives any paste intact.
M in Unicode β which code point?βΌ
M: U+1D510 upper, U+1D52A lower β M holds permanent code points.