project 1 — letterpress postcards

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My postcard represents the parallel 'war' going on during and after World War II, where the German typeface Fraktur and all its traditional decorative characteristics was challenged by the Allied supported, modernised Antiqua typeface. As Hitler banned Fraktur as a Jewish creation, then as Germany opened up to international influences, Antiqua became the typeface most used in German Newspapers and literature.

Since the letterpress resources doesn't include decorative types, I have used the visual characteristic of a various types in laid out in a 'fractured' composition. The size of the card is about 5x7".

z3258739 Alex Bloom