Linotype Dala Text由瑞典设计师博·伯恩达尔（Bo Berndal）于1999年创作，可以用更柔和、更友好的Blackletter来形容。Blackletter是指从北欧中世纪手稿传统演变而来的字体。这些字母通常被称为哥特字母，或者古英语，这些字母是由它们形状中的宽尖笔触痕迹来识别的。

Linotype Dala Text最类似于blackletter的fraktur字体。直到20世纪，Fraktur字体一直是北欧流行的文字字体。受瑞典民间传说的启发，这种Fraktur字体比大多数例子更加柔和和圆润。它与斯堪的纳维亚民间传说的联系使Linotype Dala非常适合童话、中世纪故事和其他可能吸引孩子冒险的文本。

为了加强中世纪童话的风格，使用Linotype Dala Text和Linotype Dala家族的其他元素: Linotype Dala Pict和Linotype Dala Border。这两种补充字体的人物灵感来自中世纪和文艺复兴时期的民间艺术，也由Bo Berndal绘制，使他们成为完美的组合。

Linotype Dala家族的所有三款都是来自Linotype GmbH的Take Type 4家族。

Created by Swedish designer Bo Berndal in 1999, Linotype Dala Text can best be described as a softer, friendlier blackletter. Blackletter refers to typefaces that evolve out of Northern Europe's medieval manuscript tradition. Often called gothic, or Old English, these letters are identified by the traces of the wide-nibbed pen stroke within their forms.

Linotype Dala Text most resembles the fraktur type of blackletter. Fraktur types were popular text faces in Northern Europe until the 20th century. Inspired by Swedish folklore, this fraktur is much softer and rounder than most examples. Its connection to the Scandinavian folkloric tradition makes Linotype Dala perfectly suited for such texts as fairy tales, medieval stories, and other things that might appeal to a child's sense of adventure.

To strengthen the medieval fairy tale look, use Linotype Dala Text together with other elements of the Linotype Dala family: Library's Linotype Dala Pict and Linotype Dala Border. The characters in these two supplementary fonts were inspired by medieval and renaissance folk art, and were also drawn by Bo Berndal, making them a perfect match.

All three styles of the Linotype Dala Family are part of the Take Type 4 collection from Linotype GmbH."