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Originally Posted by GrannyGrump
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!
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I hope that this is not the case anymore, but as I learned latin in school, the schoolbooks actualy used blackletter for the german parts... I think to have a visual clue (as if being in german was not enough).
Even some books in our house were still writen in it. I read "The Picture of Dorien Gray" in it.
But of course, the question is, if you need to use blackletter in your edition. You could instead use other visual clues to make it stand out, like margins, italics etc. It is just a matter of personal taste, how you design something like this. If you look at published books, most use a modern design even for old texts. On the other side there are faksimiles. I myself find in betweens a little bit strange. But as I said, it is a matter of taste.