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1540 Mercator Script

1540 Mercator Script

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1540 Mercator Script Font Family was designed by published by GLC. 1540 Mercator Script contains 1 styles.

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    This font was inspired by the so-called Litterarum latinarum, quas italicas, cursoriasque vocant, scribendum Ratio (Louvain 1540), a manual intended for calligraphers by the well known scientist Gerhard Mercator. It was a magnificent “Cancellaresca corsiva” design, enriched with many alternates, final loops and ligatures. We have added a lot of accented and other characters required for modern use that did not exist in the original.

    Designers:

    Publisher: GLC

    Foundry: GLC

    Design Owner: GLC

    MyFonts debut: Mar 24, 2010

    1540 Mercator Script

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    Gilles Le Corre was born in 1950 in Nantes, France. Painter since the end of 70s, he is also an engraver and calligrapher. He has been learning about medieval art and old books for as long as he can remember. More recently he has made the computer a tool for writing like the quill pen and ink. With it, he aims to make it possible to print books that look just like old ones! Beginning in 2007 he has been trying to reproduce, very exactly, a ...

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