Type Style Finder

Medieval typefaces, and those inspired by the forms from this time frame,

show a loss in refinement as a result of the fall of Rome and the fracturing

of European culture. All-capital faces with more pronounced curvature in

the strokes, more fluid junctures derived from pen inscription, and the

introduction of uncial-based forms—predecessors to the modern lowercase

developed in the third through sixth centuries A.D.—relate to scribal work.

Decorative details, influenced by animal interlace and manuscript illumina-

tion, may be found adorning terminals and cross-strokes—exaggerated

curves, swash forms, curlicues, and illustrative inclusions, such as ...