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GrannyGrump · 02-03-2014, 03:39 AM

Well, many many thanks to both of you.
I don't know about typographic conventions in 1874 when this was published, but I did note that the publisher had some other rather egregious errors in the main text (American English) of the book, so I would not be surprised if they had errors in the blackletter as well.

I shall have to find an embeddable font with good unicode support for this bit.

Thanks again, so very much.

PS --- I stand in awe of anyone who can decipher an old blackletter font -- I couldn't read at least half of the characters, too many spikes and twists!

02-03-2014, 03:39 AM	#4
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,221 Karma: 35037583 Join Date: May 2011 Location: PA {back in the usa!} Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	Well, many many thanks to both of you. I don't know about typographic conventions in 1874 when this was published, but I did note that the publisher had some other rather egregious errors in the main text (American English) of the book, so I would not be surprised if they had errors in the blackletter as well. I shall have to find an embeddable font with good unicode support for this bit. Thanks again, so very much. PS --- I stand in awe of anyone who can decipher an old blackletter font -- I couldn't read at least half of the characters, too many spikes and twists! Last edited by GrannyGrump; 02-03-2014 at 03:41 AM.