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Fonts that are grounded in their historical roots. Some of these are based directly off from works of the scribes of centuries past, others are based off the style that was used.
Gothic script originated around the 11th century and is still in use to this day. It is most commonly described as an "Old English" script.
Fonts based on the text found at the dawn of the Christianization of the British Isles.
Keywords: medieval, renaissance, gothic, blackletter, uncial, scribe, monk, scriptorium Keywords: gothic, old english, blackletter Keywords: anglo-saxon
Be it chiseled on a column, or penned on parchment, these fonts are from the time of Caeser!
Friends, Vikings, Countrymen! Lend me your runes! I come to to praise Bjorn, but to bury him...
Uncial is a majuscule type, all of its letters appearing to be similar to modern Capitals. In truth, there is no distinction between case. When a scribe of the time needed a capital letter, he simple made it a bit larger and exaggerated the shape.
Keywords: rome, roman, trajan Keywords: viking Keywords: uncial
Versals are enlarged initial letters that are found at the beginning of verses or paragraphs. In medieval times, they were boldly decorated. Versals were constructed of thick and thin elements; sometimes accompanied by oversized serifs.