nervnich

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[–] nervnich@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

This is not correct. That was only what the Nazis said out loud, but as usually that was a lie. The Schwabacher was not a Jewish font. It was because of the very practical reason that in the invaded countries people were struggling to read Fraktur. Antiqua was much more common and readable.

More here: https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/unimut/themen/fraktur-verbot.html