This 1538 Schwabacher was designed inspired from this who was used by Georg Rhan in Wittemberg (Germany) to print “Des Babsts Hercules […]”, a German pamphlet against roman catholicism written by Johannes Kymeus.The original font have a relatively complete set of characters including “long s”, naturelly but also the special german types like k, ß or Š,š, Ÿ…. A few lacks were remedy, and accented letters were added.
It is used as variously as for web-site, posters and fliers design, editing ancien texts or greeting cards as a very decorative font…
This font supports as easily enlargement than small size, remaining clear and easy to read from 8 or 9 points. It is especially designed for printed works.
