About this episode

This episode explores how medieval scribes contributed to the invention of fonts and discusses the impact of Hitler's actions on typography.

And how Hitler made them illegal!

People in this episode

Host: Weird Medieval Guys

Topics covered

• medieval history
• scribes
• fonts
• typography
• censorship
• art history

Keywords

• medieval scribes
• fonts
• typography
• Hitler
• censorship
• history
• art

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: How medieval scribes invented fonts

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