Esemplare del P. Raffaele da Solmona, cappuccino
A calligraphy copybook of alphabets made in 1856 by Raffaele da Solmona, a Capuchin friar, and published in Aquila, probably as a model for students of penmanship. The pictures show capitals in Roman, italic-like flourished script, Gothic blackletter, and lowercase cursive, with ornamental lettering and decorative flourishes; a designer could draw on the letterforms and the contrast between cursive and blackletter styles for display type or monogram work.
