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Type before Gutenberg. (Linotype-Hell introduces typefaces that predate movable type) (Font News) (Brief Article)

The Seybold Report on Desktop Publishing

| January 01, 1992 | COPYRIGHT 1989 United Business Media LLC. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Type before Gutenberg. LinotypeHell has issued six new typefaces based on ancient letterforms that were used before the invention of printed characters:

* Herculanum, an adaptation of Capatalis Quadrata, a chiseled face.

* Omnia, based on an Uncial design used between the 3rd and 9th centuries.

* Carolina, based on handwriting used in the Carolingian Empire, slightly …

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