Gothic or Gothics may refer to:

People and languages

* Goths or Gothic people, a Germanic people **

Gothic language Gothic is an extinct language, extinct East Germanic languages, East Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. It is known primarily from the ''Codex Argenteus'', a 6th-century copy of a 4th-century Bible translation, and is the only Ea ...

, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths ** Gothic alphabet, an alphabet used to write the Gothic language ** Gothic (Unicode block) * Geats, sometimes called Goths, a large North Germanic tribe who inhabited Götaland

Arts and entertainment

Genres and styles

* Gothic art, a style of medieval art *

Gothic architecture Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High Middle Ages, High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It evolved f ...

, an architectural style *

Gothic fiction Gothic fiction, sometimes referred to as Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name of the genre is derived from the Renaissance era use of the word "gothic", as a pejorative to mean me ...

, a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting * Gothic rock, a style of rock music * Goth subculture, developed by fans of gothic rock

Gaming

* ''Gothic'' (series), a video game series ** ''Gothic'' (video game), 2001 ** Gothic II, 2002 *** Gothic II: Night of the Raven, 2003 ** Gothic 3, 2006 ** ''Gothic'' (upcoming video game), a remake of the 2001 video game

Music

* Symphony No. 1, or "The Gothic", Havergal Brian * ''Gothic'' (Paradise Lost album), 1991 * ''Gothic'' (Nox Arcana album), 2015

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Gothic'' (film), a 1986 British psychological horror film *'' Batman: Gothic'', a 1990 comic book story arc *"Gothic", a 2010 episode of TV series ''QI'' (Series G)

Typography

* Blackletter, or Gothic script, Gothic minuscule or Gothic type *

Sans-serif In typography and lettering, a sans-serif, sans serif (), gothic, or simply sans letterform is one that does not have extending features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. Sans-serif typefaces tend to have less stroke width variation than ...

or Gothic typefaces ** East Asian Gothic typeface, the "sans-serif" equivalent for East Asian writing systems ** Block letters

Other uses

* Gothic, Colorado, U.S., a ghost town * Gothic F.C., a football club in Norwich, England * Gothic (moth), a species of nocturnal moth * Gothics, a mountain in the Great Range of the Adirondacks in New York state, U.S. *, the name of several steamships