Tinas Little Corner

9 September 2008

Calligraphy Caroline miniscule

Caroline miniscule

The ascenders have clubbed heads equal to the x - height. Developed during the late eight century at charlegmagne scriptorium at Tours. The hand is of major importance as our modern minuscule characters can be traced back directly to this script.
Caroline miniscule

notice the large ''g'' in the word (height) on the example above.
This hand was done at 30% and x = 4

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