Unusual ligatures
michele casanova
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Browsing through Bartolomeo Sanvito's online manuscripts, I noticed some unusual ligatures (at least unusual for me).
Has anyone ever seen them in a typeface?
They seem interesting for a calligraphic font. There's also the "ancient" version of the question mark.
Has anyone ever seen them in a typeface?
They seem interesting for a calligraphic font. There's also the "ancient" version of the question mark.

"& hor son..." / "Riſposi"
"Criſpo" / "& frutti" / "colpa?"
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That tt ligature reminds me somewhat of the łł ligature that Adam Twardoch proposed for script typefaces.
Many calligraphic typefaces (including several by Alejandro Paul) have tt ligatures, but usually without the crossbar raised as in Sanvito's example. Similarly, I think his other ligatures are too unfamiliar to modern eyes to find typographical examples of. I don't think typographical ligatures even in his day reflected the full range of forms used in handwriting, at least for Latin script (there are some Greek types that are perhaps overly packed with ligatures).0
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