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Suzuranlast Tuesday at 1:23 PM3 repliesview on HN

Fraktur.


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Y_Ylast Tuesday at 1:37 PM

> Martin Bormann issued a circular (the "normal type decree") to all public offices which declared Fraktur (and its corollary, the Sütterlin-based handwriting) to be Judenlettern (Jewish letters) and prohibited their further use.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraktur

I don't know if you meant to invoke pro/anti-Nazi associations with this typeface but it's unfortunate that such a fantastic lettering style carries around a poisonous historical connotation.

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tempodoxlast Tuesday at 1:33 PM

Fraktur would be apt as the oldest existing typeface. This administration and its supporters are so backward, it makes the 1600s look like mega-liberal ultra-modern science fiction. I’m just waiting for an executive order reintroducing cuneiform.

andybaklast Tuesday at 1:32 PM

:-/