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JSL Blackletter

sample characters from the free font JSL Blackletter

Author: Jeff Lee

Distribution: Free (emailware)

Format: PC TrueType

Download: jslblttf.zip

Size/Archive Contents: 110K .ttf and .txt

Description: Based on a typeface created by William Bullokar, for his Booke at large, for the amendment of orthographie for English speech, published in 1580 by Henrie Denham. Includes ligatures, long 's' and other extended characters. "I originally designed this font for the purpose of reproducing some blackletter broadside ballads which used the normal English orthography of the period." Jeff Lee

Notes: Macintosh and Type 1 versions available from the Web site.

Web Site: Jeff Lee's Computer Typography
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