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Fraktur Mon Amour (with CD-ROM)

by Judith Schalansky

This massive 720-page compendium of Gothic font alphabets comes in a convenient and compact leatherette bible form making it a very handy font reference book. It is the most complete Gothic Blackletter font book on the market today.

Blackletter, also known as Fraktur or Gothic type, was commonly used throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. Today, companies such as Nike, Reebok, and Coca-Cola use Fraktur in their advertising and it decorates posters, album covers, and even skin in the form of tattoos. But a comprehensive collection of the most beautiful classic faces, as well as the best new variations, has been missing until now. Fraktur Mon Amour reproduces 300 variations of Blackletter fonts, ranging from historical fonts to contemporary reinventions, in a sensuous, beautifully crafted, hot-pink prayer book-style catalog that is destined to become a fetish object for designers and type enthusiasts. Each Blackletter font is presented on a full page along with its complete alphabet, date of origin, the name of its designer, and its original foundry. On the facing page is a composition created from that font that explores the subversive beauty of this unique typeface. In addition, 137 of these fonts -- including four created exclusively for this book -- are collected on an enclosed DATA CD (Mac and PC) for free private and restricted commercial use. Fraktur Mon Amour is the winner of several awards, including the Type Directors Club of New York's 2007 Award for Typographic Excellence.

Hardcover. 720 pages. Measures 5 1/2" X 8"

$44.99 USD

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