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Fraktur
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The History of Black Letter Typefaces
Fractur is the latin term for broken, because the letter forms half these broken anglec black letter was first developed in france in the twelfth century. The technique of using straight lines instead of perfectly rounded curves gave the letters a fragmented appearance. Susan reed is head of germanic studies at the british library and she says that black letter became so ingrained in th culture that even after it stopps being needed, people kept using it.
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