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Bohemian Initials

Bohemian Initials

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Complete family of 3 fonts: $28.00 USD
Bohemian Initials Font Family was designed by Roman Korolev and published by Kaer. Bohemian Initials contains 3 styles family package options.

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    I’m happy to present you the Bohemian initials font family. Regular and Colored styles (Uppercase & Numbers) based on Codex Gigas originated in medieval Bohemia. The manuscript has been dated 1230. The elaborate initials are at the beginning of the main texts and their principal divisions.

    The painter was aiming to achieve a plastic depiction of the trailing vines of the initials, and he painted with solid colours. He used only four of the primary colours cinnabar red, blue, green and yellow, brightly toned, as well as white accents and contours.

    The trailing vines of the initial letters are painted in a decorative, advanced Romanesque style, already bordering on naturalism. The plant taken as the starting point is the acanthus, a thistle-like plant which grows wild in the Mediterranean countries.

    The decoration of the Devil’s Bible is not the work of an amateur. Scholars have concurred: it is book illuminations created in Northeast France and Southern England in the so-called Channel style which provided the starting point for the coiled trailing-vine shapes in the initials of the Devil’s Bible.

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    You can use color fonts in PS CC 2017+, AI CC 2018+, ID CC 2019+, macOS 10.14 Mojave+

    Please note that the Canva & Corel & Affinity doesn't support color fonts!

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    Thank you!

    Designers: Roman Korolev

    Publisher: Kaer

    Foundry: Kaer

    Design Owner: Kaer

    MyFonts debut: Jan 17, 2024

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