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This is what I found when trying to understand the history of Fraktur. It’s complicated to say the least: "Fraktur is often associated with being the official
by nier 4y ago
This is what I found when trying to understand the history of Fraktur. It’s complicated to say the least:
"Fraktur is often associated with being the official Nazi font and is still being used by Neo-Nazi groups in Germany today. The fact that it was, ironically, banned by the Nazi Party is just a part of its long and strange history"
Source: https://www.typeroom.eu/a-nazi-font-banned-by-nazis-fraktur-legacy-must-listen-design-podcast https://www.typeroom.eu/a-nazi-font-banned-by-nazis-fraktur-...
- inglor_cz 4y agoYes, the Nazis ironically considered Fraktur (whose existence massively predates Nazism, by hundreds of years) a Jewish influence and got rid of it. After the ban, the only place where it survived were tombstones.
- kleiba 4y agoAlso here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua%E2%80%93Fraktur_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua%E2%80%93Fraktur_disput...
- Koshkin 4y agoCuriously, the same goes for the stahlhelm which is widely seen as the signature item of the Nazi military. In truth, it was simply the traditional helmet of the German military which the Nazi wanted to replace with a more modern design, but it was already too late for them, and it was the GDR military that ended up using it.