> My grandparents could read Fraktur fluently, but they are all dead. > So is Fraktur.
You fail to reveal whether you yourself read it fluently. I have no problems. Moreover, the discussion focussed on German, but Fraktur was used also for other languages. For example, I have a Danish Bible printed in Fraktur (Copenhagen, 1923). Andries -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/