Figure 98
Unger’s and Didot’s Modifications of German Fraktur
From Enchedé’s Fonderies de Caractères et leur Matériel dans les Pays-Bas du XVe au XIXe Siècle (facsimile), Probe einer neuen Art Deutscher Lettern (scan 1, scan 2)
1793
The Neue Deutsche Lettern in this specimen were cut by Unger and his engraver Gubitz, except the Corpus Fractur, which Firmin Didot engraved. Didot’s types may be contrasted with Unger’s modifications of German fraktur, where I think Unger went Didot did one better—or worse!