This font was inspired by roughly 12th and 13th century manuscripts. Prior to the invention of the printing press in the second half of the 15th century, hand-made copies of texts and books (manuscripts) were the only system for preserving and transmitting knowledge, and complemented learning by heart, which played a much more important role then than it does today. I took a more digitalised approach, but still not straying away from its calligraphic character.