1546 Poliphile

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This family was inspired from the French edition of Hypnerotomachie de Poliphile ("The Strife of Love in a Dream") attributed to Francesco Colonna, 1467 printed in 1546 in Paris by…

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1510 Nancy font

1510 Nancy

This set of decorated initial letters was inspired by those used in 1510 in Nancy (France, Lorraine) for printing of "Recueil ou croniques des hystoires des royaulmes d'Austrasie ou France…

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1512 Initials font

1512 Initials

This set of initial decorated letters is an entirely original creation, drawn inspired by Italian renaissance patterns. It contains two roman alphabets : one drawn in white on black background…

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1431 Humane Niccoli font 1456 Gutenberg B42 Pro font 1462 Bamberg font

1462 Bamberg

Font designed from that used in Bamberg by Albrecht Pfister, in early years of printing, exactly for a book titled "Ackermann Von Böhmen" writen in old German by Johannes Von…

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1467 Pannartz Latin font 1470 Jenson Latin font 1470 Sorbonne font

1470 Sorbonne

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This family was created inspired from the first font carved and cast in France, for the Sorbonne University’s printing workshop (Paris). The characters were drawn by Jean Heynlin, rector of…

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1475 Bastarde Manual font