Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Arcane Scripts of Printing Antiquity
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Style bridging Roman typefaces with medieval calligraphy’s solidity
- 3. Gothic-script ancestor inked in medieval manuscripts, dense and angular
Down
- 2. 18th-century typeface famed for contrast and sharp serifs, purveyor’s pick
- 4. Early rounded majuscule script often used in Latin and Greek codices
- 5. Fractured blackletter variant symbolizing German print’s historic rigidity
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