"Nike writes in Fraktur. Reebok too. Fraktur decorates shirts, posters, scene flyers and naked skin. And that, although-or because- generations have insisted that they can't read it. Blackletter typefaces seem to have finally shed the 'Nazi' image which was mistakenly attributed to them for decades. A collection of the most beautiful classics, as well as the best new creations, has been missing until now.
Fraktur mon Amour brings together 300 of the best digital Blackletter typefaces, many of which are available for free download on the Internet for personal use. 137 of these faces are on the enclosed CD_ROM for your enjoyment including 4 fonts exclusively cut for this books by several enthusiasts. Usage rights are explained in more detail in the included text documents. If you wish to employ them for other purposes, please inform yourself as to their legal commercial use.The quality of free fonts is of course not always as good as one might wish. Fonts from professional foundries such as Fontshop, Linotype or Elsner+Flake are however expertly put together and include special characters and accents for many foreign languages.
Most Blackletter typefaces comprise only one cut. Where more cuts exist, they are frequently shown as entire families. Legends below the typeface names give information about available variations. Information on historical models, type foundries for whom the original faces were made, as well as the designers who have digitised the faces, is also found here." (Publishers announcement)