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Jürgen F. Schopp

From the University of Tampere, Finland, Jürgen F. Schopp's list of books on typography. He also has a nice page on type classification. For "broken" typefaces (gebrochene Schriften), Schopp proposes this:

• Gotisch: e.g., Cloister Black, Engravers Old English, Manuskript-Gotisch, Weiß-Gotisch, Wilhelm-Klingspor-Schrift.
• Rundgotisch: e.g., Rhapsody, Weiß-Rundgotisch, Wallau.
• Schwabacher: e.g., Alte Schwabacher.
• Fraktur: e.g., Kanzlei fett, Neue Luther-Fraktur, Zentenar-Fraktur, Unger-Fraktur, Walbaum-Fraktur.
• Frakturvarianten: e.g., American Text.

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Books on type design ⦿ Typeface Classification ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ The Finnish type scene ⦿ Bastarda / Bâtarde / Schwabacher ⦿ Rotunda / Rundgotisch ⦿