Libro di M. Giouanbattista Palatino, cittadino romano, nelqual s'insegna à scriuere ogni sorte lettera, antica, et moderna, di qualunque natione, con le sue regole, et misure, et essempi : et con vn breue, et vtil discorso de le cifre
A 1545 Roman penmanship manual by Giovanni Battista Palatino, printed in Rome by Antonio Blado, teaching writers and scribes to form alphabets of many nations and periods with rules and measurements. The pages are text blocks framed by ornamental rules, with rows of alphabet letters and musical-like flourished capitals set out in careful columns, showing how a designer might build a letter system from consistent proportions and rhythm.
