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Fraktur
99% Invisible
The Death of the Black Letter
Hitler said german was becoming the world language and within a hundred years, everybody would be speaking german. But even hitler's delusions of grandeur had their limits. He knew that if he wanted to rule over the world, he would have to use a type face that the rest of the world could actually read. And so in 19 forty one, an edict was circulated to all publishers and printers on behalf of the furer himself decreeing that roman become the standard type throughout Germany.
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