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Ornate Letterforms and Historical Scripts
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Early sans-serif style named for its 'ugly' appearance
  • 2. High-contrast serif typeface named after an Italian punchcutter
  • 3. Gothic script named for its dense, ink-heavy strokes
  • 5. Decorative capital letters with flourished extensions
  • 6. Capital serif style named for metal cutting artisans
  • 8. Typographic union of two or more letters joined as one
  • 12. A specific type of blackletter favored in German print
  • 13. Term for serif types inspired by classical Roman inscriptions
Down
  • 4. Diacritical mark often used in old Cyrillic manuscripts
  • 7. Method of striking through letters, often used to indicate archaism in type
  • 9. Ancient Roman script style used on stone inscriptions (trick: altered wordplay for 'cursive')
  • 10. Classic old-style serif named after 16th century Parisian punchcutter
  • 11. Rounded majuscule script used in early medieval manuscripts
  • 14. French rounded script style from the 17th century
  • 15. Slanted letterforms originally designed to mimic handwriting

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