Michael S. Kriebel remembers well the day the fraktur bug bit him. It was in the early 1970s and the now 43-year-old Quakertown artist was a junior high school student with an interest in art. Above ...

Pennsylvania German fraktur has an instantly recognizable style. The fractured calligraphy, surrounded by birds, swirls and flowers, evolved to become a distinctly American folk art. Learn how to make ...

While I knew next to nothing about fraktur art, I knew it seemed familiar. Between the extraordinary calligraphy and the eye-catching images, the artwork scattered around Lancaster County just has ...