Would the font Calligrapher accurately represent the style of writing in the mid 1400s?
Hi! I think it all depends upon how important finding the right ‘face’ is for the success of your project! I think you can get a bit closer than Calligrapher (if this is to be a well documented research effort). It’s more of a marriage between uncial and blackletter than calligrapher is. Anyway… I did some hunting for you and linked some fonts at the bottom… I hope that this helps… and good luck! After the invention of Gutenberg (1455), the Gutenberg script spread across Europe.In the sixteenth century, the rediscovery of old Carolingian texts encouraged the creation of the Antiqua script (about 1470). Antiqua typefaces are those designed between about 1470 and 1600, specifically those by Nicholas Jenson and the Aldine roman commissioned by Aldus Manutius and cut by Francesco Griffo. Antiqua letterforms were modelled on a synthesis of Roman inscriptional capitals and Carolingian writing. They are also known as Venetian types. During the 13th and 14th centuries the size of writing
