To add one point: Already by the change from Fraktur to Antiqua in Germany in the middle of the 20th century lots of subtleties got lost. For example, the words Wachstube (which can either be read as Wach-stube or as Wachs-tube) are spelled differently in Fraktur (since there exists two kinds of s), but the same in Antiqua (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;de.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Datei:Wachstube.svg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;de.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Datei:Wachstube.svg</a>). Also some pairs of letters that form a common sound  are indicated by a ligatur in Fraktur (as ch, ck, ſt and tz), but not in Antiqua (cf. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;de.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fraktursatz#Ligaturen_und_Trennregeln" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;de.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fraktursatz#Ligaturen_und_Tren...</a>).