Anatoma uncial

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anatoma uncial specimen

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The Peterborough Chronicle


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Magna Carta, Great Charter, 1215 � King Richard I the Lionheart (1189 - 1199) � King John (1199 - 1216)


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Progression and Development of the letter studies into letterforms of the Paper Fount



Study for Paper: Glyphs, sketches


Study for Paper: Glyphs, sketches


Study for Paper: Glyphs, sketches


Paper Fount

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* County court of Chester, held on Tuesday after the feast of St Nicholas, 4 Edw. II, before Payn Tibotot, justiciar of Chester (8th December, 1310) A man called "Roger Fuckebythenavele" was exacted for the first time [the process preliminary to outlawry].

* County court of Chester, held on Tuesday after the feast of St Nicholas, 4 Edw. II, before Payn Tibotot, justiciar of Chester (8th December, 1310) A man called "Roger Fuckebythenavele" was exacted for the first time [the process preliminary to outlawry].

Roger Fuckebythenavele

Anatoma Uncial, 36 pt.

the oldest use of the word fuck:

Anatoma Uncial

the oldest use of the word fuck


Progression and Development of the Paper Fount into the Anatoma Uncial

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Styles

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Uppercase

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Lowercase

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Numerals

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Ligatures and additional characters

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Accented Characters

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Punctuation

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The style of writing on the The style of writing on the cusp of the


48 points

The style of writing on the cusp of

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The style of writing on the cusp of the millennia was a formal insular

30 points

The style of writing on the cusp of the millennia was a formal insular script, with longer, straighter


24 points

The style of writing on the cusp of the millennia was a formal insular script, with longer, straighter and more defined letterforms (as opposed to the more rounded forms) though a few letters (such as the ’a’) can be seen having carolingian / protogothic influences. A prime

18 Points

The style of writing on the cusp of the millennia was a formal insular script, with longer, straighter and more defined letterforms (as opposed to the more rounded forms) though a few letters (such as the ’a’) can be seen having carolingian / proto-gothic influences. A prime example is the “Peterborough Chronicle” (1150), which was written in Old-English, and later the “Magna Carta” (1215), written in Latin. After the Norman conquest, the strong hold of christianity allowed for proto-gothic lettering, in the span of three centuries,


12 points

The style of writing on the cusp of the millennia was a formal insular script, with longer, straighter and more defined letterforms (as opposed to the more rounded forms) though a few letters (such as the ’a’) can be seen having carolingian / proto-gothic influences. A prime example is the “Peterborough Chronicle” (1150), which was written in Old-English, and later the “Magna Carta” (1215), written in Latin. After the Norman conquest, the strong hold of christianity allowed for proto-gothic lettering, in the span of three centuries, to evolve into the Black Letter - which is visible in religious written texts written from the 13th century - which, when printing was introduced, was used as standard type until the Civil War (1642 – 1651). The

10 points

The style of writing on the cusp of the millennia was a formal insular script, with longer, straighter and more defined letterforms (as opposed to the more rounded forms) though a few letters (such as the ’a’) can be seen having carolingian / proto-gothic influences. A prime example is the “Peterborough Chronicle” (1150), which was written in Old-English, and later the “Magna Carta” (1215), written in Latin. After the Norman conquest, the strong hold of christianity allowed for protogothic lettering, in the span of

8 points

The Norman conquest (1066) united the country under one monarchy but divided it into counties and for taxation purposes, William the Conqueror ordered the first nation wide survey. The Doomsday Book is the first written record of the manors and their content. This was to become the basis of the modern government and its forms based system of bureaucracy. The division of power created aristocracy and the class system. The style of writing on the cusp of the

three centuries, to evolve into the Black Letter - which is visible in religious written texts written from the 13th century - which, when printing was introduced, was used as standard type until the Civil War (1642 – 1651). The language also evolved, from Old-English to Middle-English, with a stronger Latin and French influence. The structure of the two languages is also different: the first is more logical and descriptive, the second was more intellectual and abstract; the latter became the noble’s

millennia was a formal insular script, with longer, straighter and more defined letterforms (as opposed to the more rounded forms) though a few letters (such as the ’a’) can be seen having carolingian / proto-gothic influences. A prime example is the “Peterborough Chronicle” (1150), which was written in Old-English, and later the “Magna Carta” (1215), written in Latin. After the Norman conquest, the strong hold of christianity allowed for proto-gothic lettering, in the span of three centuries, to evolve

into the Black Letter which is visible in religious written texts written from the 13th century which, when printing was introduced, was used as standard type until the Civil War (1642 – 1651). The language also evolved, from Old-English to Middle-English, with a stronger Latin and French influence. The structure of the two languages is also different: the first is more logical and descriptive, the second was more intellectual and abstract; the latter became the noble’s language.


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