Fraktur Characters & Fonts

Ron Wood · 04-25-2009, 12:38 PM

Don,
Of course you are correct. I was only thinking of numbering and didn't even think about proofs or acceptance marks. I shouldn't post past my bed time!

So, getting back to postino's question, it appears that none of the "true type fonts" avialable in his samples replicate the lettering found on Lugers. Those Fraktur fonts lack the small vertical lines that embellish the upper case letters. The inspector Crown/Letter characters more closely resemble "Blackletter" (sometimes called "Gothic") fonts which, ironically, are usually associated with "olde English".

04-25-2009, 12:38 PM	#5
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,120 Thanked 5,287 Times in 1,728 Posts	Don, Of course you are correct. I was only thinking of numbering and didn't even think about proofs or acceptance marks. I shouldn't post past my bed time! So, getting back to postino's question, it appears that none of the "true type fonts" avialable in his samples replicate the lettering found on Lugers. Those Fraktur fonts lack the small vertical lines that embellish the upper case letters. The inspector Crown/Letter characters more closely resemble "Blackletter" (sometimes called "Gothic") fonts which, ironically, are usually associated with "olde English". __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction Last edited by Ron Wood; 04-25-2009 at 01:24 PM.