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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1785259, member: 39&quot;]What I also find interesting is the use of &quot;regular&quot; (Antiqua) characters instead of the Fraktur script. The official reason for switching from Fraktur - that the nazis had initially promoted - to Antiqua was that the former were suddenly found to be Jewish (&quot;Schwabacher Judenlettern&quot;). So as from late 1940/early 1941, Antiqua was used.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>However, since a complete change would have been costly, and Hitler was primarily concerned about financing his war, it was primarily in the German occupied territories that Antiqua was introduced. (On German coins, you would find Fraktur until the end of the war, and even on the 1945-48 coins issued by the allies.) The real reason for using Antiqua, of course, was a practical one: Following nazi orders that you cannot read is difficult ...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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