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About This Font Family One of my favorite blackletter fonts - Schwabacher - redrawn and redesigned, whereby I took care to stick to the original forms as close as possible. This font which has its roots in the 15th century represents at the most the uprising humanism in this period. For typing instructions, please have a look at the font sample. Alte Schwabacher font family - Designed by URW in 1700. SEND NEW PASSWORD. If you cannot remember your account’s password, please enter your e-mail address below.
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A generic entry for the style of Schwabacher that evolved around1650 [Kapr]. Often named Alte Schwabacher todistinguish it from NeueSchwabacher. Versions of this style were carried by mostGerman foundries. C.F. Rühl had a versionof note that was later continued by Berthold.
In 1926, various interpretations with different details wereavailable under names like Alte Schwabacher (Berthold,Genzsch & Heyse), Alt-Schwabacher 14 (Stempel),Original-Schwabacher (Krebs/Poppelbaum) [Seemann].
Berthold’s digital version (known as Alte SchwabacherBQ or Berthold Alte Schwabacher, used forsample) is different More…
A generic entry for the style of Schwabacher that evolved around 1650 [Kapr]. Often named Alte Schwabacher to distinguish it from Neue Schwabacher. Versions of this style were carried by most German foundries. C.F. Rühl had a version of note that was later continued by Berthold.
In 1926, various interpretations with different details were available under names like Alte Schwabacher (Berthold, Genzsch & Heyse), Alt-Schwabacher 14 (Stempel), Original-Schwabacher (Krebs/Poppelbaum) [Seemann].
Berthold’s digital version (known as Alte Schwabacher BQ or Berthold Alte Schwabacher, used for sample) is different in the details (or based on a different size?), see especially ‘D’, ‘E’, ‘G’, ‘M’, ‘g’, ‘r’. The versions by URW/Elsner+Flake (narrower ‘N’), Dieter Steffmann, and RMU are largely identical. Gerhard Helzel’s Alte Schwabacher comes in two sizes (20pt and 10pt), based on type by Offizin Andersen-Nexö.
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Related Typefaces
- Schneidler-Schwabacher (2)
Info
Market square | |
| Coordinates: 49°19′45″N11°1′15″E / 49.32917°N 11.02083°ECoordinates: 49°19′45″N11°1′15″E / 49.32917°N 11.02083°E | |
| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Mittelfranken |
| District | Urban district |
| Area | |
| • Total | 40.71 km2 (15.72 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 326 m (1,070 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 40,981 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 91101–91126 |
| Dialling codes | 09122, 0911 |
| Vehicle registration | SC |
| Website | www.schwabach.de |
Schwabach (German pronunciation: [ˈʃvaːbax]) is a Germantown of about 40,000 inhabitants near Nuremberg in the centre of the region of Franconia in the north of Bavaria. The city is an autonomous administrative district (kreisfreie Stadt). Schwabach is also the name of the river which runs through the city prior to joining the Rednitz.
Schwabach is famous for its crafts made of gold, particularly gold foil. In 2004, Schwabach celebrated this tradition with an anniversary festival, marking '500 years gold foil in Schwabach'.
Around 1500, a local typesetter developed the 'Schwabacher' font. This font was used for printing the first Bible in German, which had been worked out by Martin Luther.
Schwabach is also the birthplace of composer Adolf von Henselt, the botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn, the biologist Ralf Baumeister and one of the developers of MP3, Bernhard Grill. It was often visited by Albrecht Dürer.
Etymology[edit]
The name derives from the old Franconian name Suapaha (later Suabaha, then Villa Suabach) which translates as 'Schwaben-Bach' in modern German, which means 'Swabianstream', the first part of the name was given by the Franconians who came to the area about a millennium after the Hallstatt culture to the people living on the banks of that stream, which were perceived as 'Swabians' by them, while the second part of the name is a reference to the stream which flows through town.
Timeline[edit]
- 750 BC–AD 500: Archaeological evidence of settlement.
- 600–700: Name Schwabach first used to refer to the settlement and the river.
- 1346: City wall built.
- 1371: Municipal law established.
- 1469: Town church built (still in use).
- 1500: (ca.) Schwabacher font invented.
- 1528: City hall built (still in use).
- 1633: First needle factory established in Schwabach.
- 1723: Schwabach river flooded to highest point ever. Markings of the flood are still visible.
- 1768: The landmark Old Linden Tree planted (still there).
- 1792: Schwabach became part of Prussia.
- 1797: Goethe stayed overnight in Schwabach.
- 1806: Schwabach became part of Bavaria.
- 1849: Railway station built.
- 1941: Schwabach bombed in World War II
- 1945: American military base established in Schwabach.
- 1953: City coat-of-arms introduced.
- 1972: Schwabach became an autonomous administrative district.
- 1975: Partner-city relationship with Les Sables d'Olonne established.
- 1980: Schwabach receives the European Union prize for cultural heritage.
- 1992: US Army to be withdrawn from Schwabach and surrounding areas.
- 2004: 500-year anniversary celebration of the gold foil industry.
Notable people[edit]
Politicians[edit]
- Hans Schuberth (born April 5, 1897, died September 2, 1976 in Munich), politician (CSU), Federal Minister for affairs of telecommunication
- Karl Freller (born March 2, 1956), Member of the Bavarian Parliament (CSU)
Athletes[edit]
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- Matthias Volz (born 4 May 1910 in Schwabach; died 26 August 2004 in Spalt), Turner, artistic gymnast Olympic champion (team) and bronze medalist in Berlin in 1936, TV 1848 Schwabach
- Manfred Ritschel (born June 7, 1946), football player
Scientists[edit]
- Bernhard Grill (born January 5, 1961), involved in the development of mp3 - format
Artists[edit]
- Walter Zimmermann (born April 15, 1949), composer
Twin towns - sister cities[edit]
Schwabach is twinned with:[2]
- Kalabaka, Greece
- Kemer, Turkey
- Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
Companies[edit]
- Apollo-Optik, optics company
References[edit]
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- ^'Tabellenblatt 'Daten 2', Statistischer Bericht A1200C 202041 Einwohnerzahlen der Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke'. Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2020.
- ^'Partnerstädte'. schwabach.de (in German). Schwabach. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
External links[edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Schwabach. |
Alte Schwabacher Font
- 'Schwabach' . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
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