Rotunda, švabachas, fraktûra, antikva ir kursyvas lietuviškuose XVI amþiaus spaudiniuose
Rotunda, Schwabacher, Fraktur, Latin antiqua and italic in Lithuanian prints of the sixteenth century

Summary/Abstract: The article covers the development and delineates the main stages of the black-letter or gothic types in printed Lithuanian texts of the sixteenth century in East Prussia (Lithuania Minor) and in Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuania Major). Three kinds of the gothic types were used in Lithuanian prints of the sixteenth century in East Prussia: Rotunda, Schwabacher, and Fraktur. Hans Weinreich used Rotunda in his print shop for the first two Lithuanian printed books: Martynas Maþvydas' Catechism (1547) and Hymn of St. Ambrose (1549); still the major typeface used for both books was Schwabacher. We can find Rotunda in Lithuanian, Polish, and Old Prussian early sixteenth century prints; however, from the middle of the sixteenth century it begins to disappear from the Königsberg printers' books. The first Lithuanian text to contain a Fraktur typeface was Maþvydas' The Form of Christening (1559) from Johann Daubmann printshop. Still the main text of the book was set in Schwabacher (like in the other important book by Maþvydas - Christian Hymns, Part 1, 1566); Fraktur along with the Latin Antiqua typeface were used only for certain emphasizing.

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