Blackletter: Type & National Identity KSmallPubs A review of a century

A review of a century of meeting announcements is a microcosmic history of American graphic design and printing techniques in the 20th century

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Blackletter: Type & National Identity KSmallPubs A review of a centuryBlackletter type, also known as Fraktur or German Gothic, originated with Gutenbergs moveable type, and was based on the contemporary calligraphy of that time. (A man of his time making the types of his time. That makes sense.) From the sixteenth century on, it shared the spotlight with roman type in German speaking countries and was even adopted for the printing of Martin Luthers writings. Yet by the twentieth century it was increasingly spurned by