" ...the marking properties of a brush, reed pen, and stone engravers chisel, influenced the early form of the alphabet. The reed pen, used in ancient Rome and the medieval monastery, was held at an angle, called a cant, to the page. This produced a pattern of thick and thin strokes... "
Typographic design: Form and Communication. Second chapter. By Rob Carter, Ben Day and Philip Meggs.
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