Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.14

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Main Scribe – Square

Italian

Square

Calligraphic

Display

Scholars'

• In the middle
• Ascenders go above the headline
• Descenders descend below the baseline

Variable

Variable

Variable

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Slow

Regular spacing

• Regular size
• Square

• Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
• Descenders are shorter than the height of the average letter

• Downstrokes are parallel
• Horizontal strokes are parallel
• Ascenders are parallel to the downstrokes
• Descenders are parallel to the downstrokes
• Ascenders are parallel among them
• Descenders are parallel among them

Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib