At the Typographics Book Fair, NYC…

A young girl (11 or 12), enthralled by the calligraphy and drawings of Francesco Alunno, says, “There’s no J.” We look online and find that the letter J was introduced in 1524, and that Alunno lived from 1485 to 1556. We both learn something.

For more beautiful images, see our listing for The Glory of the Art of Writing by Nicolas Barker.