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Fraktur
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Fraktur is a book hand of the Latin alphabet and any of several blackletter typefaces derived from this hand. It is designed such that the beginnings and ends of the individual strokes that make up ea
A Czech example of Fraktur: Title page of Česká mariánská muzika by Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (1647) ("Cżeská maryánska muzyka" by old orthography)
A Czech example of Fraktur: Title page of Česká mariánská muzika by Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (1647) ("Cżeská maryánska muzyka" by old orthograph
Front page of Gustav Vasa's Bible from 1541, printed using Fraktur
Front page of Gustav Vasa's Bible from 1541, printed using Fraktur
Anti-Polish German notice in German-occupied Poland, 1939: "No entry for Poles!" written with fraktur (German: Zutritt für Polen verboten!)
Anti-Polish German notice in German-occupied Poland, 1939: "No entry for Poles!" written with fraktur (German: Zutritt für Polen verboten!)
Hieronymus Andreae
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Hieronymus Andreae, or Andreä, or Hieronymus Formschneider, was a German woodblock cutter, printer, publisher and typographer closely associated with Albrecht Dürer. Andreae's best known achievements
Detail of pinnacle from a hand-coloured impression of the Triumphal Arch woodcut, designed by Dürer and cut by Andreae, 1515-1517. The whole print was
Detail of pinnacle from a hand-coloured impression of the Triumphal Arch woodcut, designed by Dürer and cut by Andreae, 1515-1517. The whole print was 2.95 metres wide and 3.57 metres high (approximately 9'8" by 11'8½"), on 192 large woodblocks.