Alter Littera - New Letters of Old

Established January 2011

Opentype Font Revivals of Medieval Scripts and Classic Typefaces

Historical Scripts and Typefaces Beneventan Minuscule
Beneventan Minuscule script from Orazioni, Naples (Italy), 16th century.
Carolingian Minuscule
Carolingian Minuscule script from The Ramsey Psalter, Winchester / Ramsey (England), ca. 980.
Gothic Textura Quadrata
Gothic Textura Quadrata script from Pontificale, France, 1302-16.
Hopyl Textura
Textura typeface from Missale Coloniense, Wolfgang Hopyl, Paris, 1514.
Artificial Uncial
Artificial Uncial script from The Sacramentary of Metz, Northern France, ca. 870.
Roman Rustic
Roman Rustic script from Codex Palatinus, Italy, 4th/6th century.
Gothic Textura Quadrata
Gothic Textura Quadrata script from The Zwolle Bible, Zwolle (The Netherlands), 1464-1476.
Insular Majuscule
Insular Majuscule script from The Book Of Kells, Iona (Scotland) / Kells (Ireland), ca. 790-830.
Ratdolt Rotunda
Rotunda typeface from Missale Augustanum, Erhard Ratdolt, Augsburg, 1496.
Barlösius-Schrift
Textura typeface (Barlösius-Schrift) by Georg Barlösius, Bauersche Gießerei, Frankfurt am Main, 1906.
B42-type
Textura typeface (B42-type) from The 42-line Bible, Johann Gutenberg, Mainz, ca. 1455. Revived as Gutenberg A (free), Gutenberg B and Gutenberg C.
Psalter-type
Textura typeface (Psalter-type) from Psalterium Moguntinum, Johann Fust and Peter Schöffer, Mainz, 1457. Revived as Psalterium.
Oude Hollandse
Early Dutch uncial initials and textura typeface from Enschede's Proef van Letteren, Haarlem, 1768.
Gótico Cervantes
Rotunda typeface (Gótico Cervantes) from Homenaje al Príncipe de los Ingenios españoles, Fundición Tipográfica Richard Gans, Madrid, 1928.
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