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  2. History of Western typography - Wikipedia

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    Stylistically the serif fonts of the mid-19th century appeared very robust and otherwise had more or less neo-classical design features, which changed during the course of time: By the application of the slab serif design feature and by appending serifs to more and more typefaces, an independent intermediate group of heterogeneous fonts emerged ...

  3. Category : Typefaces and fonts introduced in the 19th century

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    Pages in category "Typefaces and fonts introduced in the 19th century" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  4. Spencerian script - Wikipedia

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    Spencerian script is a handwriting script style based on Copperplate script that was used in the United States from approximately 1850 to 1925, [1] [2] and was considered the American de facto standard writing style for business correspondence prior to the widespread adoption of the typewriter.

  5. Western calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    First page of Paul's epistle to Philemon in the Rochester Bible (12th century). A modern calligraphic rendition of the word calligraphy (Denis Brown, 2006). Western calligraphy is the art of writing and penmanship as practiced in the Western world, especially using the Latin alphabet (but also including calligraphic use of the Cyrillic and Greek alphabets, as opposed to "Eastern" traditions ...

  6. Old Style (Miller & Richard) - Wikipedia

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    Miller & Richard's original specimen for their Old Style fonts, in a mock-traditional style with the long s and archaic ligatures. [1]Old Style, later referred to as modernised old style, was the name given to a series of serif typefaces cut from the mid-nineteenth century and sold by the type foundry Miller & Richard, of Edinburgh in Scotland.

  7. Didone (typography) - Wikipedia

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    Didone (/ d i ˈ d oʊ n i /) is a genre of serif typeface that emerged in the late 18th century and was the standard style of general-purpose printing during the 19th century. It is characterized by: Narrow and unbracketed (hairline) serifs. (The serifs have a nearly constant width along their length.)

  8. Category : Typefaces and fonts introduced in the 1800s

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    19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; 24th; Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. T. Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1808 (1 P) This ...

  9. Copperplate script - Wikipedia

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    D'Nealian, a style of writing and teaching cursive and manuscript adapted from the Palmer Method; Engraving; Palmer Method, a form of penmanship instruction developed in the late 19th century that replaced Spencerian script as the most popular handwriting system in the United States