What is the 750 Latin Uncial font?
This font was inspired by the Latin script used in European monasteries from circa the 5th to 8th centuries, before the Carolingian “Caroline” (look at our 825 Karolus). It was a regular script, rounded, written slowly, used mainly for specially meticulous books, with a few ligatures, legible, but only with lowercase. The capitals consisted of enlarged lower cases, but here, we have preferred to use two slightly different patterns. Our lower cases are a synthesis from a lot of variants (mainly from the “First Bible” of Charles The Bald), the upper cases were mainly inspired from a 700’s manuscript from the abbey of Fécamp (France). More…
We have adapted the font for contemporary users, differentiating between U and V, I and J, which has no relevance for ancient Latin scribes, and naturally with Thorn, Oslash, Lslash, K, W… punctuation and the usual accented characters which did not exist at the time.
It can be used with 799 Insular Title.
750 Latin Uncial Font families
The 750 Latin Uncial includes the following font families:
- 750 Latin Uncial Normal
750 Latin Uncial Preview
Here is a preview of how 750 Latin Uncial will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
