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GOTHIQUE ALLEMANDE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1998-03-23
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Typesetting and Imagesetting
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- fraktur
1, record 1, English, fraktur
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- fractur 1, record 1, English, fractur
correct
- black-letter type-face 2, record 1, English, black%2Dletter%20type%2Dface
correct
- black-letter typeface 3, record 1, English, black%2Dletter%20typeface
correct
- black letter 2, record 1, English, black%20letter
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
a German style of black letter text type. 1, record 1, English, - fraktur
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A german black-letter type-face believed to have originated in Augsburg, c. 1510, from designs by Leonhard Wagner based on the 15th-century lettre bâtarde [See K. Bauer, 'Leonhard Wagner', der Schöpfer der Fraktur', Frankfurt, 1936.] ... Fraktur types rapidly replaced roman in Germany where in the late 16th century foreign words set in roman appeared in pages of black-letter text. 2, record 1, English, - fraktur
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Composition (Imprimerie)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- caractère allemand
1, record 1, French, caract%C3%A8re%20allemand
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- gothique allemande 1, record 1, French, gothique%20allemande
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Vers la fin du XVIe siècle l'écriture gothique a succédé, en Allemagne, à l'écriture romane; elle servit de modèle aux premiers imprimeurs allemands pour la gravure des caractères mobiles. Elle fut utilisée en Allemagne jusqu'au XXe siècle. 2, record 1, French, - caract%C3%A8re%20allemand
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Fractures (au pluriel) est le nom de la famille de caractères. 2, record 1, French, - caract%C3%A8re%20allemand
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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