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Example of etc. typeset with r rotunda in a Fraktur typeface. The abbreviation etc. was typeset using the Tironian et ⁊ , as ⁊c. in early incunables.Later, when typesets no longer contained a sort for the Tironian et, it became common practice to use the r rotunda glyph instead, setting ꝛc. for etc. [1] [failed verification]
The Unicode letter pair latin capital/small letter r rotunda rendered by different fonts. The r rotunda (ꝛ), "rounded r", is an old letter variant commonly used in rotunda scripts and other blackletter typefaces. It is thought that this variant form of that letter was originally devised either to save space while writing on expensive ...
A modern sans-serif and four blackletter typefaces (left to right): Textur(a), Rotunda, Schwabacher and Fraktur.. Fraktur (German: [fʁakˈtuːɐ̯] ⓘ) is a calligraphic hand of the Latin alphabet and any of several blackletter typefaces derived from this hand.
The Old English Latin alphabet generally consisted of about 24 letters, and was used for writing Old English from the 8th to the 12th centuries. Of these letters, most were directly adopted from the Latin alphabet , two were modified Latin letters ( Æ , Ð ), and two developed from the runic alphabet ( Ƿ , Þ ).
English: An example blackletter typeface called "Old English". Español: El alfabeto en "Letra Gótica". ... Added missing letters e and f: 17:41, 3 December 2006:
In a tale from Bede's Ecclesiastical History (written in Latin), a man named Imma cannot be bound by his captors and is asked if he is using "litteras solutorias" (loosening letters) to break his binds. In one Old English translation of the passage, Imma is asked if he is using "drycraft" (magic, druidcraft) or "runestaves" to break his binds. [15]
Miller & Richard's original specimen for their Old Style fonts, in a mock-traditional style with the long s and archaic ligatures. [1]Old Style, later referred to as modernised old style, was the name given to a series of serif typefaces cut from the mid-nineteenth century and sold by the type foundry Miller & Richard, of Edinburgh in Scotland.
They first appeared in the mid-18th century and share certain features found in both Old Style and Modern faces. Pages in category "Transitional serif typefaces" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.