TIPO’! Gotica Textura Quadrata eas ‘Quadratais the formal, upright letter ‘with strokes differing as little as possible from one another. Curves are practically eliminated and the formality is only broken by the use of airlines. These include the skating strokes, that occur on letters a, ¢, and r, created by dragging the wet {nk with the corner of the nib. The Quadrata’s other distinctive features are the split ascenders and the diamond feet on the rminims, applied with only a small space between each one. Basic elements Asanted” pen ae (Gquare-cut mi) is used forthe Quadra. AA ‘The pen is held 3¢ an angle of beeween 535° and 45° for stem ‘roe, adjusted to a shallower ange for ‘connecting strokes. ‘Mini heighe i generally about five pen widths, The relatively large size ofthe lewers makes the use of a reed pen ideal. Drawing a right serif Adding a left serif ‘The spltascender is dawn in two The pointed lef serif should be a serokes. Begin the right senf bove the ile shorter than the right one. Turn headline, pling the pen down to the che nib onto it left comer and we left complete the sem in one stroke, the wet ink from the previous stoke, ‘nol ‘Textural effect ‘To achieve the ideal textural efect of Quadeta, | nterwond space shold innerdeter space and interleter spaces should be equal 0 abou 100 ‘each equal the width of one stroke. a ides Escritu “ (peme. “¢ or em ~ I ‘uh oe = r. ras historicas The boul of be 1 Ti al se ofthe canbe Fished wh ‘hairline Jin the hind se ofthe 18 the soe the inion Thee OB, tesco be dram a8 S separate ire The upward ke ahve the andj be ubated for ful diamond schewera ca = 2 | cs ~ 1 & 4 2 4 a ‘Da the nk with he comer ofthe mb 0 ‘omplt the spl serif at theft of lees pad ‘Sate he hae ofthe withthe comer of th ib ‘Skate the hain of thes with the comer then Escrituras histéricas ‘Mabe se hat all pce Ie ewer the tw diamond ead fetes 5 wand Diath ti ofthe uh thee in ofthe xcond ke The ine agonal Sieve ear Fa ee np keTIPO’! Gotica Escrituras histéricas Textura Quadrata B™ BEGINNING of the 13th century, the Early Gothic script had evolved into a non-cursive, angular hand known as r, Old English). The name the Textura Quadrata (Black Lett the woven appearance of the lines of te ”, The script represented » “Textura” indica meaning “an even effect in weavir a revolutionary change in calligraphy — after centuries of emphasis on clear letter recognition, individual letters were mae uaa | suddenly subservient to overall textural effect ska Wert irs DENS, angular strokes and ial - ae diamond-shaped heads and feet, the Quadrata letter is to many people a graphic embodiment of the Middle Ages. In northern Europe, it was used * f Q tbe acer erie | Gnonficanone fumenur.p. Stern, itsewin Ogloram dric turnomuns its twin script th pre 2, de axe bookand may hove annua fetta vertenns fac enyeeanes totals eroxdu.toftamnbelaude demand for smaller, hand-held books Bey is aie offers. Cigplucter omantts: Gn 7479) ani ike _utauus mutta wee tbe fe sry mus muerte. fufftagus ausad did survive lead | MMuraerpa.p. nf canon. eae e..) ancigracoblanoné tert Pca nc oo fens merquam tubeoffe —— © ww ogo famutlus tuus obdranm —— quome dignacus os m munutte ) no face conttinrere factor _ oberg diie placatus acnptas. (pp. 90-91) were more However, the Quad much favorTIPO’! Gotica Escrituras histéricas PAINTING IN Chncnsten Caruen T Devait row! Pansrine 1s Dotting the i and j Chucuesten CATHEDRAL The characteristic uniformity of the Textura Quadrata letter produced an interesting innovation that remains in use today. Having been easily mistaken for other letters, the i was developed into a dot). The letter i also, doubled up as a j, acquiring a tail when so used. This change, along with the late medieval inclusion of the and the differentiation of v and w us our 26-letter modern alphat Script status The status of a script is generally determined by the number of separate strokes and pen lifts used in its creation, a distinction particularly discernible in the Quadrata Generally, the mor compressed the letter strokes will have been used in their construction. A useful indicator of the status of a script is the bowl of the letter a, which can range from almost cursive form Chichester rigidly geometric form (see the Gothic alphabet, leftTIPO’! Gotica Escrituras histéricas ABEDEFOHIKOMN OPORSMTWYXPSZ Magqnustominus tt Wan lautubilis nimus:int TW vitas-fhtilpaerhurps qo = =. 57 EPICIO. oats prt ca Eus ppicuse(to mibi peceator-Erfis mibiar Os ONIONS dicHus vite mee. Deus Ahaha Deus Dac Deus HacoS miferevemre’ Ee