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American Alphabets #7: Fraktur Valentines

This post is early for Valentine's Day. There's still time to be original! ABCs of the USA: The stories behind America's most distinctive calligraphy styles.Brought to this country by German immigrants, Fraktur took on an identity of its own as an American small-town craft. From c 1840-1910, Fraktur pages recorded marriages births, and baptisms, as well as school achievements and some of



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American Alphabets #7: Fraktur Valentines

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