Like many of you out there, I have a love/hate affair with fonts. I belabor over type in much of my own work, and am often either drawn into or repulsed by the work of others because of the use of type. There is a vast intellectual discussion about type in the design world. The film Helvetica , for example, spoke volumes about how type affects our lives--even in ways we are not conscious.
When we love a font with all our heart, we might as well make a book about it--which is exactly what Judith Shalansky did. This Berlin-based graphic designer designed the 2008 homage to Blackletter/Gothic fonts, otherwise known as Fraktur.
Fraktur Mon Amor is Shalansky's homage to Blackletter. The book itself is 720 pages of gothic goodness, designed entirely in black and neon pink. Check out some of these images.
See the book in person and prepare for your breath to be taken away. Page after page of alphabets in every imaginable Blackletter typeface (333 to be exact!) along with stunning designs by Shalansky that use and accompany each alphabetic set and historical information about each.
Oh, and there's one more bonus: the book comes with a CD of 150 of the typefaces for free private and restricted commercial use.
Swoon.
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