Alt-Gotisch Verzierte indicates "embellished or embellished old gothic." The typeface is associated by Alexander Nesbitt to an unknown German foundry of the nineteenth century (Decorative Alphabets and Initials, Dover, New York City 1987, plate 92). The designer is unknown. Our font style is supplied with a lower case that resembles the upper case, however is 15% much shorter and is simplified by the omission of the ornamental vines. For the lower case, alternate letters A, E, & & T; and ligatures LE, OT & & LY have actually been supplied. In addition, a couple of small ornamental vines were planted occasionally for optional use. An accented upper case is not part of the original design and is not here supplied. This design is likewise seen under the name "Sentinel"-- as always, it is beneficial to compare the completeness of the character set and the faithfulness of the making. Our company believe you will concur that we provide a balance of quality and worth that is unequaled in the contemporary marketplace.
Alt-Gotisch Einfach is a streamlined version of Alt-Gotisch Verzierte. The vine-less lower case of the Verzierte font is the upper case in Einfach. For a lower case for Einfach, the letters were further streamlined by stripping away the three-dimensional outline, down to the bare bones and bites, as it were. Einfach, in reality, means "basic" or "plain." It is intriguing to note that this bare bones & & bite lower case bears (I have a special license to use two homonyms in the very same sentence) a striking resemblance to the 15th & & 16th century decorative letters from Westminster Abbey displayed in Plate 47 of Alexander Nesbitt's Ornamental Alphabets and Initials (Dover, New York 1987).
Font Family:
· Alt Gotisch Einfach
· Alt Gotisch Verzierte
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