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CHAPTER SIXThe German Illustrated BookHISTORY OF GRAPHIC & WEB DESIGNThroughout the 15 <strong>and</strong> 1600s, Germangraphic design continued to showcaseblackletter typography <strong>and</strong> woodcutillustrations. The typeface Textura, notedbecause <strong>of</strong> its dense visual “texture” wasfavored throughout Germany. Today, thistypeface style has strong connotativeassociations with religious holidays, gothicthemes, <strong>and</strong> oddly, tattoos.19

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