We have been looking for some really fancy 19th Century web fonts as part of a project to put some information from 1800’s history books onto the internet.
Here are a couple we found:
Unifraktur Maguntia
This is a fancy poster display font inspired by German 19th Century foundries who originally made fonts for paper printing presses.
Example of Unifraktur Maguntia
The Quick Brown Fox Jumped Over the Lazy Dog
IM Fell
This is the kind of typeface you would find in a 19th century European hymn book.
Example of IM Fell
The Quick Brown Fox Jumped Over the Lazy Dog
How Do I Use These Fonts on My Website?
Go to Google Fonts, get the necessary files, put this in your website header, obviously changing depending on the font used:
put this in your CSS and set the class you want for each separate font (don’t start this with a number) – we’ve used .oldefashioned and .hymnbook:
This is a paragraph with oldefashioned within a paragraph - and I'm not olde fashioned
or
An Olde Fashioned Header
How Do I Use These Fonts on Twitter?
This a very clever way of displaying character, or organisation, relevant fonts on your Twitter feed. Perfect for Museums and those tweeting as historical characters.
Select the words you wish to change, hover over the font drop down, go to “More Fonts” and search for the font you prefer, select and click “ok”. This will also add the new font to your personal group of fonts.
