Thannhaeuser Zier

by Dieter Steffmann · Website

Thannhaeuser Zier is an ornamental Fraktur face from Dieter Steffmann, one of the most dedicated digitizers of historical German blackletter scripts. The uppercase letterforms are richly decorated with the kind of elaborate flourishes and swash details found in 19th-century German typographic specimens, giving each character a real sense of craft and ceremony. Strictly a display face for initials, drop caps, and decorative headlines where the dense ornamentation has room to breathe.