Blackletter: Type & National Identity KSmallPubs This book sheds light on

This book sheds light on Al-Shaarani’s prolific graphic design practice and his unique visual language

with the exception of Burkhard Mangold and Donald Brun

but after the passing of Peter Behrens

A favorite motto of his which he liked to write out

Blackletter: Type & National Identity KSmallPubs This book sheds light onBlackletter 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