Post 5 of 5 Marked by a wide variety of usage and style, Italic scripts such as Cancelleresca (Chancery) and Mercantesca (Merchant) developed in 14th century Italy for use among merchants, notaries, ...

Louise Young lives along the Amnicon River in a Finnish community known as Outer Mongolia. On her way there, she worked on an assembly line that produced Jovan Musk perfume (“Get It On!”), gave birth ...

In the later middle ages, Bâtarde (also called “Secretary”) originated in the late 13th century for accurate record keeping, especially in courtrooms, and quickly established itself as a less formal b...

Note: Hello! This is the first in a series of biography blogs about everyone who is key in bringing the Book of The North to life! Every week, we will feature a new individual. My name is Abby Magrud...

Textura Quadrata Part 3 of 5 As monasteries began to share the propagation of learning with scholastic universities through the later Middle Ages, a new script rose in popularity. Developed in the ...

Caroline Miniscule Part 2 of 5 Alcuin of York, advisor to Charlemagne and master of the palace school, developed Caroline miniscule to promote Latin language literacy across the Carolingian empire. ...

A Short History of Writing Part 1 of 5 How often do you think about the mechanics of writing? Ink marking paper, typing fingers summoning words to a screen through a technical combination of hardwa...