Why Italy

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Summary: of the alphabets produced in the 1540s by the master calligrapher Giambattista Palatino Palatino responded by adopting letterforms similar to Cresci s whose first work was published in 1560 only to be accused by Cresci of lacking the necessary skills to produce the set himself instead hiring an engraver for the work It was quite the calligraphy typography scandal of the

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