Uncial OT Pack
This Single Typeface Pack
contains one font:
Uncial OT
Important Note:
The full character set can be accessed in any Windows or
Macintosh application, but extra functionality is
available with OpenType/AAT enabled applications. See advanced type for full
details.
Typeface display:
Uncial contains the standard
Uncial black letters in the lower-case alphabet; and
illuminated capitals in the upper-case alphabet; the
capitals can be used for initial letters of a page or
section, or for title pages.
OpenType Features:
       
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Historical note:
Uncials originated in the 2nd century along with the
codex form of book. It is speculated that they were
canonised in the early 4th century when Constantine was
Emperor as the principal liturgical book hand for
Christian works, replacing quadrata and rustic capitals
used in pagan writings. This became their principal use,
throughout the 5th to 8th centuries, for entire texts. The
word Uncial has been translated as meaning ‘inch high’,
but why the script was so called has never been
satisfacorily explained.
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