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		648373628229 63 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Cali... What's wrong with Fraktur?

maxnoe 63 days ago [–]

Fraktur is often associated with the German far right, because it's a mostly German thing that nationalists can hang on to.

Funnily enough, it was Goebbels who banned it and required everyone to change to Latin scripts.

tormeh 63 days ago | [–]

Got to hand it to them - Fraktur is an annoying font. It looks cool, though.

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