Superimposed minuscules

[Ken Fraser]

Does anyone know who first thought of this ingenious display of all the Copperplate minuscules superimposed?

[AnasaziWrites]

Does anyone know who first thought of this ingenious display of all the Copperplate minuscules superimposed?

@Ken Fraser
I haven't seen this before. Where did you find it?

[Ken Fraser]

Ian Searle, administrator of the group "Copperplate Script for All" posted it there some time ago, but I don't have a copy. This is my version which is the same but with a slight adjustment to the angle to 55 degrees.

[Erica McPhee]

I have seen a couple of examples of this in various old texts. Below is one which comes from a French text (which unfortunately I don’t have the name of at my finger tips). This one is so beautiful and there are further examples for both lowercase and majuscules. I will search for the second one.

[Erica McPhee]

This version comes from available on archive.org

Nova arte de escrever : offerecida ao principe nosso senhor, para instrucçaõ da mocidade : Araujo, Antonio Jacinto de, d. 1797