Re: Beowulf

In article <1iifmxb.joqqps1ip7mabN%trio@xxxxxxxxxx>,
Donna Richoux <trio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Alasdair <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The font to which I refer can be seen at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf

"Font" is used for mechanical type in printing presses -- this is a
manuscript. The style of lettering is called the script (or various
other terms).

And if it actually was a font that you wanted to identify, the best
resource I've found is identifont.com.

-GAWollman

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Opinions not those | grants to rare events of meanness such power to shape
of MIT or CSAIL. | our history. - S.J. Gould, Ten Thousand Acts of Kindness
.

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