“This poster was designed for an exhibition of prints about the life and death of Countess Sophie Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin, best known as the wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 started World War I. In the poster, the countess’s name is ornamented with Schwabacher typography and filled with the delicate texture of embroidered historical handkerchiefs to represent different stages in her life.” Typeface: Bruce 532 Blackletter by Intellecta Design based on a typeface designed in 1882 by Bruce’s New York Type Foundry.
