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Esoteric Scripts and Letterform Legends
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Joined letters to enhance aesthetics or save space in type
  • 2. Masters who design or arrange text for optimal visual impact
  • 3. Evocative of ancient insular script styles, named cryptically
  • 4. Describes strokes varying in thickness typical of calligraphic fonts
  • 8. Refers to fonts adjusted for clarity, especially on modern screens
  • 10. Rounded majuscule script of late Antiquity, semicircular in form
  • 13. Hidden in “H bLee,” a playful hint for a rounded medieval script
  • 14. Broken Gothic fonts giving fractured letterforms, famously German
  • 17. Ornamental flourishes that extend letters in elaborate calligraphy
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  • 5. Gothic script that darkens documents with pointed strokes
  • 6. Small letters, contrasting majuscule, used since Carolingian times
  • 7. The study and design of individual glyphs in typographic sets
  • 9. Short for a style between Gothic and Roman, hybridized letterforms
  • 11. Describes letterforms shaped with oval curves, common in humanist fonts
  • 12. Fonts adorned with small projecting features at stroke ends
  • 15. Alternative spelling of fractured script used in medieval manuscripts
  • 16. A nightmare style? No, a French-inspired printing form (anagram hint)
  • 18. Ancient wedge-shaped script; precursor to alphabetic typography
  • 19. Cryptic script? A mystical script name hiding in sacred texts
  • 20. Flowing handwriting fonts, often mimicking pen or brush strokes

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