Antiqua–Fraktur dispute
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The Antiqua–Fraktur dispute was a typographical dispute in 19th- and early 20th-century Germany.
Two typefaces: the German text uses Fraktur; numerals and Latin and French words are written in Antiqua (1768).
Kurrent
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Kurrent is an old form of handwriting of the German language, and during the 19th century also the Nordic languages, based on late medieval cursive writing, also known as Kurrentschrift, deutsche Schr
Antiqua–Fraktur dispute
…proposition to make Antiqua the official typeface (Fraktur had been the official typeface since the foundation of the German Empire) and no longer teach Kurrent (blackletter cursive) in the schools. After a long and, in places, very emotional debate, the proposition was narrowly rejected 85–82. Nazis had a…
Sample font table of German handwriting by Kaushik Carlini, 2021.
Letter from Lessing to Kleist, 14 March 1758
Manuscript by Wilhelm Busch (undated, late 19th century)
Example from a book published in 1905