Thank you for this excellently made and informative animation! I love the runway show in the middle where we see all the Blackletter variants strut their stuff!
What an excellent overview. As a calligrapher in the monastic traditions as a child i was taught that the battle over the letters was based on protestant vs. Catholic…..the catholics saying, of course, that the blackletter was dark and of the devil, and therefore moved away into the ‘light’ and hence lighter Italic hands developed. I am happy now to use all of the hands, each lovely in their own way.
I myself like to write blackletter much more than modern manuscript; breaking things up into short straight lines makes writing much easier than all those articulated circles.
Great video, but runes are not an older cousin of the Latin Alphabet. They descend from the Old Italic Script which is the earliest version of the Latin Alphabet we know. The Old Italic Script was created initially by the Etruscans who copied Western Variants of the Greek Alphabet used at the time. The Italic speaking groups of the Italian peninsula like the Oscan, Umbrans and Romans then borrowing their writing and it eventually evolved further into Square Capitals, but still the appearance of Northern European runes is hundreds of years after Latin was being written in this script. Also, Antiqua is pronounced "Anti-kwa" and it is the word for "old" or "ancient"(due to the humanist belief that the Carolingian minuscule/uncial script they saw was actually Roman handwriting).
I don't know that blackletter is more convenient for Romance languages like french... we don't have these ligatures and need for stuff like that. Then again... who says every language needs to use the same typography all the time....
Thank you for this excellently made and informative animation! I love the runway show in the middle where we see all the Blackletter variants strut their stuff!
Thanks! I'm working on blackletter calligraphy and was intrigued by the history. This is so informative and well-made.
What an excellent overview. As a calligrapher in the monastic traditions as a child i was taught that the battle over the letters was based on protestant vs. Catholic…..the catholics saying, of course, that the blackletter was dark and of the devil, and therefore moved away into the ‘light’ and hence lighter Italic hands developed. I am happy now to use all of the hands, each lovely in their own way.
I can’t be the only one who recognized Fade to Black during the fashion show. Well played.
What an amazing video. I wish you made more of these.... so informative and especially so to amateur calligraphers!
You NEED more subs. This was a work of art.
Great music choice! Apocalyptica, Rammstein, Motorhead - love it!
Don't forget metallica!
wonderful detailed animation and great story telling!
I myself like to write blackletter much more than modern manuscript; breaking things up into short straight lines makes writing much easier than all those articulated circles.
Thanks i have just started calligraphy and i love Gothic.
Same here.
I do love it so much too.
This is really great!
Helps me a lot for my report about the history of Blackletter
Beautiful, you have my admiration.
Loved the stage and the applause 😂 👏. Well done!
This is an awesome video! I hope this creator went on to make more videos. I love the style and theme.
Excellent documentary - well done and thank you!
Absolutely fabulous video.
Very well done! it looks professionally made :)
Excellent video. Great facts of history
Fantastic stuff!
Amazing animation design
Enjoyed this video. Very informative.
Nice! I love blackletter
We are two, then! I love this script.
Love History of Typography. From Dr Leen Mafea Malaysia
Amazing video!
Nice and informative video. Thanks a lot!!!
Great stuff. Keep up the good work.
It's been years since I've done calligraphy. Now I have to practice Caps,
Nice Work.
That’s Amazing, Can You Make The Story Of Antiqua Next?
Great Job!
So very helpful for teaching clligraphy and getting the background. Thank. Are there more ?
Nicely explained
Was that the intro from Liebe Ist Für Alle Da in the background there?
Romania has it's own version of this but its based on the old church slavanic stylized fonts of the middle ages
very well done
you need to make more videos like this YOU NEED TO. Ps. Make some calligraphy script videos pls
Harika bir animasyon ve harika bir hikaye. 👏👏💓👏
awesome~!
how fancinating
Hello, I was wondering if you still used this channel as I have a few questions, thanks.
Swedish used Fraktur until the 1870s, and Norwegian and Danish until the early 20th century.
Great video, but runes are not an older cousin of the Latin Alphabet. They descend from the Old Italic Script which is the earliest version of the Latin Alphabet we know. The Old Italic Script was created initially by the Etruscans who copied Western Variants of the Greek Alphabet used at the time. The Italic speaking groups of the Italian peninsula like the Oscan, Umbrans and Romans then borrowing their writing and it eventually evolved further into Square Capitals, but still the appearance of Northern European runes is hundreds of years after Latin was being written in this script.
Also, Antiqua is pronounced "Anti-kwa" and it is the word for "old" or "ancient"(due to the humanist belief that the Carolingian minuscule/uncial script they saw was actually Roman handwriting).
nice video
WHAT I'VE DONE OUTRO
informative video, why is it so intense?
Budding font nerd here :)
Dankeschön!
Fade to Black .-.
I don't know that blackletter is more convenient for Romance languages like french... we don't have these ligatures and need for stuff like that. Then again... who says every language needs to use the same typography all the time....
How about explaining how stupid is the reason they don't use it anymore in Germany?
Fokkin' noice
Faaaaade to black... Sorry, I heard that :v
And Master of Puppets
So Nazis ruined fashion AND calligraphy... Great... I hate them EVEN MORE. Not that I lacked reasons to do so. THEY CAN F THEMSELVES.
Awesome video. Great