Littera antiqua – Writing that Florentine humanists Coluccio Salutati, Poggio Bracciolini and Niccolò Niccoli imitated by codes in Carolingian minuscule of IX-XII centuries, considering mistakenly penned by ancient Roman writing of the classical age. This type of writing became widespread in the fifteenth century, taking the name of humanities and evolving into two types: the

High Initial – Initial letter of increased body, composed on the base line and then above the ascendant of the other letters of the text (as opposed to the drop cap). Speaking Initials – So are defined handwritten or printed initial, illustrated by a picture (animal, person or object) whose name begins with that letter