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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2007-11-09 07:23 am
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fraktur

fraktur - a German style of blackletter typefaces.


So-called because many letterforms include broken (fractured) lines. In use from the 17th through early 20th century. See Wikipedia for descriptions of the various blackletter faces, with examples for comparison.

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