The German word Schwabacher (pronounced ˈʃvaːˌbaxɐ) refers to a specific blackletter typeface. The term derives from the town of Schwabach. ==Characteristics== The lower case g and the upper case H have particularly distinctive forms. ==History== The Schwabacher was a blackletter typeface that evolved from textualis under the influence of Hum...
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(from the article `black letter`) ...earliest printing, including letters of indulgences printed in Mainz, Ger., in 1454. The style was taken into printing in its almost fully ... Like the Gothic and roman, the third great family of types had its origins in the writings of the scribes. The italic and the Gothic Schwabacher, ... [2 re...
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