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Blackletter: An Incomplete History of Type


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From the middle ages to the Middle East, from Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type. 

Name: Blackletter (specifically Donatus-Kalender) 

Release Date: 1455

Designer: Johannes Gutenberg

Classification: Blackletter

Owned By: n/a

Claim to Fame: The world’s first mechanized typeface, used in the world’s first mass-produced book.



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