Christopher Haanes

The Foundational Hand is an excellent starting point for beginners, as well as being a good starting point for understanding typography. It is derived from the Harley 2904 MS in The British library. It’s underlying structure is clear and easily...

The Civilité is a true hybrid script, with traits from Gothic cursive hands as well as italic. It is characterised by sweeping calligraphic strokes and extensions, special characters creating variety on the page, and many ligatures. In this...

Textura & Variations The Gothic textura is an excellent starting point from which to create variations in density, weight and degree of formality. It was the letterform that Gutenberg/Schoeffer took as a model for the first letterpress printed...