Blackletter

I’ve never been lucky enough to work on a project where a Blackletter type­face would be appro­pri­ate, unfor­tu­nately. But I love the intri­cacy and con­trast within the let­ter­forms. Here are a few exam­ples I found while brows­ing flickr. (Click on each image to get to the original.)

Blackletter 01

Blackletter 02

Blackletter 03

Blackletter 04

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This entry was written by Courtney, posted on April 9, 2009 at 10:00 am, filed under Design. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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  1. By Blackletter | Simply, Sandy, Me on September 21, 2011 at 11:14 pm

    […] It’s so hard to use in a non-tacky way but the shape and detail always fas­ci­nate me, this par­tic­u­lar sketch is from out­break on Flickr – as seen on Design Work Life. […]

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