Type to Print: The Book & The Type Specimen Book

Roman vs Italic > Textura or Rotunda Hands

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caxton's printed text

 

 

 

The textura, or gothic, hand

 

 

 

The Burgundian bâtarde hand

 

 

 

 

 

The rotunda hand

 

 

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