Leibniz Fraktur

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In the middle of 18th century Leibniz Fraktur appeared in German print shops. This blackletter font with its great x-height preserved the then fashioned trunk in many of its uppercase…

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Lyrica font

Lyrica

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Lyrica - a redesign of the 1907 Ludwig & Mayer font ‘Lyrisch’ (by Georg Schiller (1858–1937)). An informal blackletter font with a cozy and familiar touch.

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Neue Muenchner Fraktur font Parler Gotisch font

Parler Gotisch

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A gothic blackletter font named after the Parler master builder family which built the Schwaebisch Gmuend cathedral. This font contains a bunch of useful ligatures, and by typing 'N', 'r'…

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Postillon font

Postillon

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"Herbert Post’s (1903-1978) blackletter fonts redesigned for nowadays’ use. Both font styles contain adorning swash caps. Typing N, r, and period, and activating additional ligatures produces an oldstyle number sign."

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Prinzess Gravur font

Prinzess Gravur

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In 1905 Berthold released an engraved blackletter font called Prinzess Kupferstichschrift. Based on an old printed remnant, I revived this beautiful open-face fraktur and enriched it with several OpenType features.…

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Reklamefraktur font Schmale Anzeigenfraktur font Schmuckinitialen font

Schmuckinitialen

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Two fonts entirely of decorative initials of which the uppercase basic letters of RMU Initials One are occupied by Walthari initials, the lowercase ones by Eckmann initials, both released first…

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Schwabacher font

Schwabacher

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One of my favorite blackletter fonts - Schwabacher - redrawn and redesigned, whereby I took care to stick to the original forms as close as possible. This font which has…

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