Antiqua–Fraktur dispute

 (en.wikipedia.org)

31 points | by buzzy_hacker 2 days ago

1 comments

  • card_zero 59 minutes ago
    This led me to look up the origins of Fraktur, that typeface having been commissioned by Maximilian I for this extraordinary thing:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumphal_Arch_(woodcut)

    Instead of having a monumental triumphal arch built, he got Dürer to print a monumental poster of a triumphal arch, and had copies of it stuck up in all the public places.

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    • jdnier 29 minutes ago
      Seriously, wow.