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types. Despite Bormann's assertion, there is no evidence of any connection between Jews and the Schwabacher typeface; in fact, at the time of the typeface's origin, the ownership of printing houses was reserved for Christian citizens. The decree eliminating the use of Fraktur actually makes prominent
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Regarding and calling the so called gothic typeface as a German typeface is wrong. In fact, the gothic typeface consists of Jew-letters from Schwabach. Like how they later gained control of the newspapers, the Jews living in Germany had seized control over the printing shops at introduction of the
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Authorities will refrain from using the Schwabacher Jew-letters in future; certificates of appointment, road signs and similar will only be produced in normal typeface in future. On behalf of the Führer, Mr. Amann will first change those papers and magazines to normal typeface, that are already
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typeface is to be called the normal typeface in future. Step by step all print products have to be changed to this normal typeface. As soon as this is possible for school books, in schools only the normal typeface will be taught.
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After Schwabacher was displaced by Fraktur as the most-used German language type style from about 1530, it remained in common use as a secondary typeface for
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from the mid 16th century onwards. In the course of the 18th and 19th centuries (but in Germany not until 1941), Fraktur gave way in turn to
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have particularly distinctive forms. In the context of German language texts, Schwabacher appeared vibrant and popular.
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during the 15th century. Schwabacher typesetting was the most common typeface in Germany, until it was replaced by
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printing press, so that the Schwabacher Jew-letters were heavily introduced in Germany.
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in a similar way to italic. It was still used occasionally until the mid 20th century.
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Die Schwabacher – Die ungewöhnlichen Wege der Schwabacher Judenletter
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series in 1498. Schwabacher became widely known with the spread of
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was still set in Textualis type, the oldest preserved Schwabacher
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creed, were adopted; the Articles became the basis of the 1530
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On behalf of the Führer I notify for common attention that:
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