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Interesting fact: the Nazis actually were trying to get rid of that old German Type and were introducing Sans Fonts a lot.

So these old German typefaces are not inherently political and were only half a decade later adopted by neo nazis who have no deeper knowledge of it’s history. Or you could say, the extreme wish the Nazis had to look modern, got replaced by a wish to go back to a wrongly imagined past (which happens quite often on the extreme political fringes)



You’re right, that indeed is very interesting. I have to admit I was totally unaware of this. Thanks for sharing.




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