Talk:Fraktur (typeface sub-classification)
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Note: dates for "Emperor Maximilian I (1493-1519)" do not match up with dates for Maximilian I: are there two of them?
- The dates in this article are the dates he ruled, so I've added an 'r.' to indicate that. -- Someone else 20:23 May 12, 2003 (UTC)
I really don't think "Blackletter" should redirect here... --Furrykef 07:35, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] "More Artificial"
"During that time, new, more artificial Fraktur typefaces were designed". How can a font be "more artificial"? Someone should rewrite this clearer.
[edit] !941? 1945?
I'm confused by this:
The article says Fraktur was supported by Nazi policy until 1945, but it also says that it was denounced in 1941. Was it only supported by Nazi policy until 1941? -Theshibboleth 8 July 2005 15:45 (UTC)
[edit] Christmas Cards?
Is this font (typeface) used sometimes in Christmas Cards? What is a better type face to use that looks 'Old-tyme' Christmassy without the racist conections? --RPlunk 17:24, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
- I have no idea. Just to remind you: It were the nazis who abolished this script accusing it of being Jewish. ― j. 'mach' wust | ✑ 07:25, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Mein Kampf
Among a number of old German books I have in Fraktur is a copy of Mein Kampf printed in 1935 and identified on the title page as the 151st edition. It seems ironic that the Nazis would actually have banned the font used by their idol in his supposedly seminal — if revolting and essentially unreadable — work. Just an observation. (Let me assure you, this tome interests me only as a historical artifact.) Sca 03:41, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
