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Art/Literary - Archaeology | | Spanish term or phrase: letras quebradas | I've found "blackletter" or "Fraktur" as possible translations for this, but I believe both refer to typefaces and not to handwritten letters. Also, "blackletter" is a synonym for "Gothic" so that also makes me think that this may not be the right translation (def: a style of type or lettering characterized by a heavy face and angular outlines and used chiefly by the earliest European printers or sometimes for the printing of German -- called also Gothic, Old English). The passage is talking about indigenous codices in Mexico.
Durante el siglo XVI el Renacimiento europeo se trasladó a América y los indios de México, con especial capacidad y gran interés, aprendieron las artes y los oficios de España y “pronto se hacen grandes escribanos de todas ***letras chicas y grandes, quebradas y góticas” *** o sea que, los antiguos escribientes interesados en las nuevas técnicas, las asimilaron y tomaron de ellas lo que les interesaba y las mezclaron con las formas autóctonas. |
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| | Fraktur / Fraktur script | Explanation:
I checked my copy of the oh-so-great "The Elements of Typographic Style", by Robert Bringhurst (you could call it THE bible of typography), and it confirms that Fraktur is a class of blackletter types.
As for your concerns regarding manuscript type vs. artificial typefaces, after all, consider that the first printed books were of religious content; the printing press was destined to replace manuscript codices, thus the first typefaces were based on the handwriting of said codices.
http://www.iconio.com/ABCD/L/sec_9.htm
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  Ángel Domínguez
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Local time: 20:05
| Grading comment Thank you for sharing the good links and confirming that I can use this. (fwiw I'm leaning a bit toward "blackletter" since I'm not sure the US audience will understand "Fraktur").
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