Designed by: M. Beck, Ralf Herrmann
Released: 2015
Number of styles: 2
Script support: Basic Latin
Most suitable for: Display Use (logos, headlines, …)
Notes: This font contains glyphs and/or features which are only accessible with fully OpenType-savvy applications.
Elfen-Fraktur is monolinear blackletter typeface, that was originally designed by M. Beck and published in 1919. This revival comes in two extended versions with a complete Latin 1 character set: Elfen-Fraktur A uses the original blackletter skeletons and is suitable for setting texts with traditional German typesetting and orthography rules. Elfen-Fraktur B includes modernized letter designs for a broader and more legible use in various languages. A free bonus is the set of 22 border elements called Elfen-Schmuck.
Prints in the original metal version of Elfen-Fraktur
Elfen-Fraktur A — Traditional Alphabet
Elfen-Fraktur B — Modernized Alphabet
Until finally Germany was the lone holdout, particularly the specific typeface known as Fraktur, which eventually became a shorthand term for all German blackletter type. An example of the mixed use of Fraktur and Antiqua. Names considered German are set in Fraktur, while those considered Romance (French, Latin) are set in Antiqua.