From: Werner LEMBERG (wl@gnu.org)
Date: Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:20:32 CST
> Well I would hardly doubt the Fraktur will get a revival. Even
> though everybody can read it (albeit slowly), in the worst case it
> is associated with Nazis,
You are aware that the Nazis have forbidden the use of Fraktur (in
1941), calling them `Schwabacher Judenletter'? This is probably the
main reason Fraktur is out of use today in Germany: After the war,
most of the printing machines lacked Fraktur fonts, and this fact
simply became the standard...
Werner
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