I was thinking that the Latin alphabet would still be dominate, the Latin looking typeface would be a result of printing press operators not wanting to create new letter so they would reuse the Latin one by rotating them for Gothic.
Very, very cool. Would be very useful/interesting to use for a modern East Germanic language conlang (like the one I'm attempting to construct).
Although I'd like to see the entirety of the alphabet "modernised" as well. Personally, I think I'd try to emphasise the differences between Latin and Gothic if I had to design a typeface
I was thinking that the Latin alphabet would still be dominate, the Latin looking typeface would be a result of printing press operators not wanting to create new letter so they would reuse the Latin one by rotating them for Gothic.
Lazy but effective.
If you don't mind me asking, what conlanguage are you trying to create?
There have been some in-depth discussions of Gothic development in my Amalingian Empire timeline, by sadly linguistics is pretty far over my head. I would love your feedback and suggestions!
Isn't that basically where the misleading "Ye olde Inn" comes from? When English printers has to print words starting with a big thorn, ie "Þ", instead of creating this type, they used "Y" instead. Their set of letter types already contained this letter. After all, it was also used on the continent.
If you don't mind me asking, what conlanguage are you trying to create?
There have been some in-depth discussions of Gothic development in my Amalingian Empire timeline, by sadly linguistics is pretty far over my head. I would love your feedback and suggestions!