Mexican Blackletter

Blackletter has many connotations of religion, particularly Catholicism, because many Catholic scripts have been written in this letter form since the 12th century.

On page 17 in "Mexican Black Letter" it says:
"It just so happens that in Mexico, as a result of its colonial history, Black Letter has evolved to represent a part of the identity of a culture, as equally rich with indigenous traits as it is with outside infuences"

Mexican's feel that this font displays a feeling of 'tradition' and also has a sense of religion.

Below shows the letter 'a' in different kinds of Blackletter as it evolved, with an example of Fraktur. Fraktur was designed in 1513, commissioned by the German emperor Maximilian I. Interestingly, in 1933 when Nazis rose to power, the Black Letter style of Fraktur was the standard type for all of the official printed matter, books, newspapers, pamphlets and posters in Germany. Children were taught to read Fraktur even before roman type because it apparently represented truly German creation.



These are various examples of Blackletter Drop Shadow. The attribute is very common in Mexican hand-lettering.