Bastarda
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Bastardaorbastardwas ablackletterscript used in France, the Burgundian Netherlands and Germany during the 14th and 15th centuries. The Burgundian variant of script can be seen as the court script of theDukes of Burgundy.The particularly English forms of the script are sometimes distinguished asBastarda AnglicanaorAnglicana.
The first Bastarda type was based on the Chancellery manuscript hand which was in use mainly in manuscripts in vernacular languages.[1]Early printers produced local versions of the script in typeface. These varied in design as regional versions[2]which were used especially to print texts in the vernacular languages, more rarely for Latin texts. The earliest bastarda type was produced by the GermanGutenbergin 1454–55. The main variety was the one used in France,[citation needed]which was also found in Geneva, Antwerp and London.[further explanation needed]Another local variety was found in the Netherlands;Caxton's first types were a rather poor copy of this.[citation needed]The Frenchlettre bâtardepassed out of use by the mid-16th century, but the German variety developed into the nationalFrakturtype, which remained in use until the mid-twentieth century.[3]
British typeface designerJonathan Barnbrookhas designed a contemporary interpretation titledBastard.
See also[edit]
- Asemic writing
- Blackletter
- Book hand
- Calligraphy
- Chancery hand
- Court hand(also known as common law hand, Anglicana, cursiva antiquior, or charter hand)
- Cursive
- Hand (writing style)
- Handwriting
- History of writing
- Italic script
- Law hand
- Palaeography
- Penmanship
- Ronde script (calligraphy)
- Rotunda (script)
- Round hand
- Secretary hand
References[edit]
- ^Febvre, Lucien; Martin, Henri-Jean (1976).The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing 1450-1800.London: Verso. p. 79.
- ^Derolez, Robert (2003).The Palaeography of Gothic Manuscript Books From the Twelfth to the Early Sixteenth Century.Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 16.ISBN978-0-521-80315-1.Retrieved7 January2024.
- ^A.F. Johnson,Type designs, their history and development.Third edition. (London: 1966) pp. 21–23
External links[edit]
- Fonts for Latin Palaeography,A comprehensive PDF file containing 82 pages profusely illustrated. January 2024.
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