Gothic

characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German

of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; "the Gothic Bible translation"

of or relating to the Goths; "Gothic migrations"

as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating"

characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein''"

extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas

a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries

a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches