Thanks for this remarkable font, Peter.
best
Grover
Grover Zinn William H. Danforth Professor of Religion, emeritus former Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074 grover.zinn (at) oberlin.edu
On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 10:26 PM Wheeler, Bonnie bwheeler@mail.smu.edu wrote:
What a remarkable gift to us in Covid-19 time, Peter. So many thanks! Bonnie Wheeler
On Mar 28, 2020, at 7:59 PM, Baker, Peter S (psb6m) psb6m@virginia.edu wrote:
With the usual apologies for cross-posting:
Many of you know that in addition to my day job, I have a weird hobby of making fonts for medievalists. This one is *a little bit* later than the Middle Ages, but may still be of interest.
I have just released a font called "Joscelyn," which I call "an uncompromising secretary hand font" because, unlike any other secretary hand font I have seen, it makes no concessions to modernity. It is based on the main hand of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, MS 488, John Joscelyn's *Historiola Collegii Corporis Christi*. The hand (not Joscelyn's own) is rather formal, and so less difficult than many secretary hands, but it is as near as I've been able to come so far to an authentic reproduction of the hand.
When I teach paleography, the most difficult bit for my students is always the last--secretary hand. The idea behind this font is that a decent way to learn this difficult hand might be to (1) install the font, (2) start a Microsoft Word file by double-clicking an included template, (3) apply the "Joscelyn" character style, (4) type whatever you like, and (5) just observe. The authenticity of the font depends on seveal OpenType features being enabled, but the template turns them on for you.
At the risk of sounding immodest, I have to say that it's fun to type in this font and see the OpenType features applied in real time--s changed into long s, initial and final forms applied, and much more. And in addition, you can pass as much time as you like playing with the font without running the smallest risk of contracting COVID-19!
The font is free (licensed under the Open Font License). You can get it here:
https://github.com/psb1558/Joscelyn-font/releases https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_psb1558_Joscelyn-2Dfont_releases&d=DwMGaQ&c=OCIEmEwdEq_aNlsP4fF3gFqSN-E3mlr2t9JcDdfOZag&r=fjcQfgYV9f2j9kwBnJVXtSWmOPXt1KI9cj-r6oenF2I&m=BLQmdo0P3gB-lM14jHPyPgPCHL1IzqF5rr373A-dDBw&s=1ediz0yB9kCNFo_qS9hXVIgJJN9bFPAmtzu3zI80b0o&e=
Stay well, everyone.
Peter Baker
Professor and Director of Graduate Admissions Department of English University of Virginia P.O. Box 400121 Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4121