Giraldo Fernandes de Prado

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Giraldo Fernandes de Prado Or Giraldo del Prado (b. ca. 1535, d. Almada, 1592). Paulo Heitlinger writes about him in Cadernos vol. 16, 2010. De Prado was a painter, and acted as the calligrapher of the Teodosio II, the duke of Bragança. His home was in Guimaraes, but from 1580 on he lived in Almada. Author of the writing manual Caderno manuscrito de Caligrafia (1560, Lisbon). He seems to have been the first calligraphy specialist in Portugal. Heitlinger used Prado's examples to make his Lomabardian typeface Uncialis in 2009. Scans: Geometrically formed letters, Chancery hand (1560-1561), Another chancery hand (same year), And another one, Gotica rotunda (1560-1561).	EXTERNAL LINKS MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type in Portugal ⦿ Calligraphic typefaces ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ Chancery hand, cancellaresca ⦿ Rotunda / Rundgotisch ⦿ Uncial typefaces ⦿

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