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FF Schoensperger

FontFont · Manfred Klein · 1991

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FF Schoensperger specimen from FontFont

A single-weight Fraktur-style blackletter by German designer Manfred Klein, released by FontFont in 1991.

About

FF Schoensperger brings the broken strokes and ornate capitals of early German blackletter into a digital font, with ligatures and alternates for more authentic setting. Its name points back to the Augsburg printer Johann Schönsperger. Use it for titles, labels and period work.

Classification

Blackletter named after Johann Schönsperger, the Augsburg printer whose type for Emperor Maximilian's 1513 prayer book is counted among the first Frakturs. A single weight with ligatures, alternates and oldstyle figures.

Weights

Regular

Languages

Latin

Tags

blackletterfrakturgothichistoricaltitlesgerman

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