99% Invisible

390- Fraktur

99% Invisible ›

37:21 | Feb 19th, 2020

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If you have ever caught even one minute of the history channel, you have seen fraktur. You’ve seen the font on Nazi posters, on Nazi office buildings, on Nazi roadwork signs. Today in Germany, blackle...Show More



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rmmiller364 recommended:Dec 29th, 2020

All typeface enthusiasts should definitely listen to this episode! This is a history of blackletter typefaces, as they are known in English, or Fraktur, in German. I was excited to listen to this personally because Fraktur is often the bane of my existence. In my research, I sometimes have to read o...Show More

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😊 Delightful
💡 Educational
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epekilisDec 29th, 2020

@rmmiller364 Squeeeeeal! Adding to my “To Listen” list. I’m the geeky child who used to go to the stationery store and flip endlessly through the Letraset catalogue. It absolutely fascinated me that there were so many different ways to create something as elemental as letters while retaining thei...Show More

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rmmiller364Dec 29th, 2020

@epekilis I definitely need to take some lessons from the teacher they interview in this episode! Can’t wait to hear what you think of the episode!

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