Old English Letter R โ Copy & Paste
R in two cases โ ๐ฝ and ๐ โ with R one click from any bio.
R-Words in Old English Letters
R-words below, each R styled and a tap from copied.
R in Old English Letters โ the Character
R pairs ๐ฝ (U+1D57D) with ๐ โ R is a character, not styling.
Blackletter Had Two R's
The r is the letter where blackletter's rules get strangest. Scribes wrote two completely different lowercase r's and chose between them by context: the upright r you would recognise, and the r rotunda โ ๊, a rounded form that looks like a small numeral 2 โ used whenever the r followed a letter with a round right side, like o, b or p. 'Word' took one r; 'or' took the other. The rule existed purely for visual flow: after a curve, the round r nestled in where the upright form would have left an awkward gap.
The r rotunda survived into early printing (Unicode preserves it at U+A75B) before dying out with the rest of blackletter's contextual letterforms. The bold Fraktur ๐ you copy on this page descends from the upright branch โ but if you ever wondered why the r in old manuscripts sometimes looks like a 2, you have met the rotunda.
The Most-Searched Blackletter Letter
R heads the list of letters people look for in this style, and the reasons stack up. R-names are everywhere: Rose, Ryan, Rodriguez, Rivera. The letter r is among the most frequent consonants in English. And the blackletter R has exactly the silhouette people want from a gothic monogram โ a heavy stem, a fractured shoulder, and a leg that kicks out with real attitude.
The capital ๐ฝ (U+1D57D) holds its identity better than many Fraktur capitals because that stem-and-leg skeleton survives the ornament. It reads as an R at monogram sizes where the ๐ฌ or ๐ฟ turn ambiguous, which makes it one of the safer choices for anything permanent.
Setting the Old English R
In running converted text the lowercase ๐ (U+1D597) is the workhorse โ compact, with a distinctive split shoulder that keeps it legible between round neighbours. Words that stress it usefully: 'warrior' and 'brother' put r against vowels in multiple positions; if those stay clean in the converter below at your intended size, the letter will hold up anywhere.
The classic pairing trap is 'rn': in dense blackletter the r's shoulder can fuse visually with a following n into something like an m โ the same minim ambiguity that gave medieval readers 'minimum' headaches. Letter-spacing solves it; so does previewing at final size before engraving or inking.
Copying This R
๐ฝ and ๐ are ordinary Unicode text โ click the copy buttons at the top and paste them wherever text is accepted. They render on every current phone and desktop, and unlike an image of a gothic R, they survive edits, quotes and searches intact.
R in Other Styles
R across the family โ every style draws R its own way.
Generate Old English Letters Text
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why does the r in old manuscripts sometimes look like a 2?โผ
That is the r rotunda (๊, preserved in Unicode at U+A75B) โ blackletter's second lowercase r, used after letters with round right sides like o, b and p. Scribes switched between the two r forms by context purely for visual flow; the practice died out with early printing.
Is the Old English capital R readable as a monogram?โผ
Yes โ more so than most Fraktur capitals. Its stem, fractured shoulder and kicking leg preserve the roman R skeleton under the ornament, so ๐ฝ stays recognisable at sizes where letters like the Fraktur A or T turn ambiguous.
R โ how do I copy this old english letter?โผ
R copies from either card up top โ tap once and R lands wherever you paste.
R on Instagram and Discord โ does it paste?โผ
R is code point U+1D57D, so R renders on every platform.
R in Unicode โ which code point?โผ
R: U+1D57D upper, U+1D597 lower โ R needs no font anywhere.