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blackletter: a standalone construct

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Typography

the dense, angular family of scripts and typefaces derived from medieval northern European book hands, used in Gutenberg's first printing.

In typography, blackletter refers to the dense, angular family of scripts and typefaces derived from medieval northern European book hands, used in Gutenberg's first printing. This meaning comes from Meggs (1983) in A history of graphic design.[1]

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  1. Meggs, P. B. (1983). A history of graphic design. Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN 9780442262211

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