16th century Franciscan scribe and calligrapher, known for his 1554 writing manual Opera di Frate Vespasiano Amphiareo da Ferrara ... nella quale si insegna a scrivere varie sorti de lettere (Venice, 1554), the first place where one can find a Bastarda. Typefaces based on scans of his work include Gothic Majuscles (2003, Manfred Klein, based on Gothic Initials, 1554), and Amphiareo (2002, a Mac font made by Michael Schrauzer). Pictures of his capitals.

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Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Calligraphic typefaces ⦿ Ornamental caps typefaces ⦿ Manfred Klein ⦿ Type design in Italy ⦿ Bastarda / Bâtarde / Schwabacher ⦿ Chancery hand, cancellaresca ⦿

Luc Devroye ⦿ School of Computer Science ⦿ McGill University Montreal, Canada H3A 2K6 ⦿ lucdevroye@gmail.com ⦿ http://luc.devroye.org ⦿ http://luc.devroye.org/fonts.html