NICCOLI Formal Script
Niccolo Niccoli (c1363 - 1437) is credited with having invented Italic Script and this formal script which dates c1405 - 1415,
may have been a forerunner, or an additional script which he employed concurrently.
This style is basically Carolingian and as many letters and numerals are missing from available examples, I’ve used contemporary lettering to complete the alphabet.
Niccoli used both versions of the letter s. I wrote both in the alphabet, but used only the modern one, in the text.
Strangely, the minuscule h is a throwback to the Uncial script of an earlier age, as the second stroke curves inwards. This is at odds with the rest of the alphabet.
Although this is heavy lettering (the x height is only three pen widths), the letters aspect is broad and the inter-line spacing is very generous, which all balances beautifully
