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Ahhh, That's right. I suppose in America, the fraktur style is not as culturally tainted with the trappings of fascism. The use by Radiohead of the overly ornate capitals in their iconography is meant, I suspect, to reflect that but they ARE European.
I guess I'm interested in the more contemporary version of the style, where ornate, chaotic line is melded with a more twentieth century typeface like Times Roman or Garamond (a good example is the Broken Ghost font). It's fascinating that to you it looks aggressive, while to me it looks hopelessly romantic.
I'm enjoying the discussion in this thread. It's a lot more intriguing than: What font is this?
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Found 2 more but also not Frakturs. But then I don't do Frakturs anyway. These are not free: the Ornate Initials and the Ayre Royal.
Hope this helps but doubt it.
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I am looking for a font that is an ornate middle ages sort ***ociated with Spain, Cervantes/Don Quixote etc.... Can anyone help?
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hello. i got the pf champion script pro, both bold and regular. in the video they have, for example, as can be seen on youtube, the letters can be changed. for example, "a" can have a long extended tail headed to the right. "C" as it is displayed in the font title itself, is much longer and more ornate than the one i can access just buy typing "C". i've already checked the character map but also can't find the different kinds of alternates. where might i find/ how might i be able to see those other more elaborate letter designs? thanks.
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Hi, I'm a newbie here, but I've been dabbling in typography and font design on my own for a few years now. I have discovered a style of ornamental capital which I'm eager to find as a font. I'm not sure if it is really a font, though. It might just be fancy customised lettering.
I found these capitals in a book called "Angels: An Endangered Species". I was actually more impressed by these capitals than by the content of the book. I just stumbled on this site, and there seem to be more than a few folks here who really know their fonts :)
Okay, a little more detail on this: I've searched through the text, and these ornate caps are reserved for chapter openings (as they should be), so there are few of them. I was only able to spot these 4 letters (some are used more than once at various places).
Any ideas on this one? The engraved look of the detail makes me think that it's probably custom lettering, but with font design as intricate as it is these days, I figured even for a book that's been around since 1990, that there might be such a font. Oh, and one more thing: the typesetting of the text was done by someone in Florence, italy by the name of Simonetta Castelli. I know, it's a long shot, but I can't find anything but pages in Italian on her (hmm ... wonder why?? ;) Thanks in advance for helping!
David
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