hardcover, 684 pages, 300 complete character sets, comes with a CD containing 137 fonts intended for private or limited commercial use. Fraktur mon Amour is the fruit of an obsession - that of Berlin-based graphic designer Judith Schalansky for the Fraktur typeface, also known as Blackletter or Gothic. Widely used in the Middle-Ages, superseded by the Antiqua during the Renaissance, banned by the Nazis as a Jewish production before being banned outright as a Nazi production, the Fraktur has today been restored to its former glory. The present book is a staggering ode to Fraktur in all guises, a compilation of 300 sets among the most striking, accompanied by a wealthy tribute of graphic creations. A black-and-pink Bible for all worshippers of typegraphy.
