This website has a script generator (“Schrift – Generatorfür deutsche Hand- und Frakturschriften”) for several different styles of Germanic script. While no pastor or clerk’s handwriting is perfect, this can help researchers visualize what name or phrase should look like. Note: it does not translate.

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