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Cryptic Scripts and Arcane Letterforms
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering art
  • 2. In a flowing, connected handwriting manner
  • 3. The art of writing in shorthand by means of abbreviations
  • 6. Pertaining to a set of letters representing sounds
  • 9. Latin for 'writing,' sometimes used for specific handwriting styles
  • 10. Writing style characterized by uniform thickness of strokes
  • 11. Ancient manuscript with erased and overwritten handwriting
  • 14. An official script used historically in papal and royal documents
  • 16. Rounded majuscule script used in early medieval manuscripts
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  • 4. Italic script style named after a famous 18th-century typographer
  • 5. The study of ancient and historical handwriting forms
  • 7. A brief inscription often engraved or handwritten on objects
  • 8. A hypothetical ancient script hidden in mountainous talus deposits
  • 12. Combined letters joined as a single glyph in handwriting
  • 13. Pertaining to novel or newly devised writing systems
  • 15. Lowercase letterforms from early medieval manuscript hands
  • 17. Abbreviated symbolic writing system for rapid transcription
  • 18. To render text in a medieval blackletter style
  • 19. A person who transcribes documents by hand, often expertly
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