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Single Typeface Packs


Available packs:

17C Print Pack
Insular Minuscule Pack
Rustic Capitals OT Pack
Written Square Capitals OT Pack
Uncial OT Pack

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Insular Minuscule Pack

This Single Typeface Pack contains one font: Insular Minuscule OT/AAT

[download] Download: £25   PC (OT only) | Mac (OT & AAT)  
Typefaces are provided as immediate electronic downloads; but you can also choose to have them duplicated on a USB flash drive[usb]for a small additional fee.

Important Note: To access the special OpenType/AAT features in this font, you will need to use an OpenType/AAT enabled application. The full character set can, however, be accessed in any Windows or Macintosh application. See advanced type for full details.

Typeface display:

Insular Minuscule sample

OpenType Features:


Large glyph variants of particular characters.

AAT Features:

Standard Ligatures, Historical Forms, Historical Ligartures, Latin Abbreviations (general), Latin Abbreviations (specific), British runes, Alternative Letter Forms, Medieval English Usage, Mathematical Symbols, Glyph Variants.

[OpenType Feature Key | Advanced Type Information]

Historical note:

Insular Minuscule (also known as Anglo-Saxon Minuscule) developed in the eighth century as a less ostentatious successor to insular half-uncial. This development was the particular British response to the Carolingian minuscule emerging in continental Europe. The hand was used for vernacular books between the 8th and 11th centuries, also as glossing (notes) on earlier celtic manuscripts. This typeface is a deliberate and well-formed Anglo-Saxon minuscule of a mostly pointed form, which gives a bold colour; it includes the old English characters of thorn, eth, wynne and historical letter forms such as long-s and long-e.