Fraktur
Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Learning the Craft| By: | Ruthanne Hartung |
| Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. |
| Print ISBN: | 9780811734158 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780811748339 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2008 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Create charming birth certificates and house blessings by mastering the decorative writing of the Pennsylvania Dutch—a folk art that lives on. The Pennsylvania Dutch are noted for the beautifully designed and hand-lettered documents known as fraktur. These include birth and marriage certificates, family trees, bookplates, awards, and house blessings. Leading fraktur artist Ruthanne Hartung adapts the craft to modern tastes and needs in this practical how-to book, with information on tools, step-by-step instructions, ideas for design, lettering and coloring techniques, and a variety of projects. An assortment of traditional patterns to apply to personal frakturs are included.