Asmus Freytag scripsit: > Since Latin majuscules predate the mediaeval manuscripts from which the > Fraktur forms were evolved this analogy is seriously backwards. Antiqua is > not a simplification of Fraktur, but Fraktur capitals are embellished > versions of handwritten forms based on Latin majuscules.
Sure, diachronically. But I was making a synchronic distinction between plain and gussied-up. -- John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_
