This font is based on a 16th century chancery script. A copy of the Law Codex of Vinodol served as the basis.

The font contains a lots of ligatures, furthermore it contains some letter combinations as opentype features to reproduce a correct glagolitic spelling. These automatic caused changings works only since Microsoft Office version 2010. Older MS office versions do not provide ligature features, but you can insert all ligatures manually in the text.

In October 2011 an arrangement was made, that for the Latin letters Q,W and X new Glagolitic letters have to be created, to eliminate the difficulties with the transfer of a Latin text into Glagolitic. These new graphemes are also included in this font “Vinodolski Zakon”.

New graphemes

Script examples from the Law Codex of Vinodol

The written letters of the Law Codex of Vinodol (left side), preserved from the known 16th-century copy, features an exceptionally and modern western form, which reminds a lot of elements of the Humanist cursive script. As a comparison, the image on right side shows you an Italian document from the end of the 15th-century.

Excerpt from the transcript of the Law Codex of Vinodol (16th century)

Italian document from the end of the 15th century.

Comparison of font glyphs and letterforms from the transcription of the Law Codex of Vinodol
For the capital letters the common known forms were used, because the Law Codex of Vinodol is mostly written with small letters. The handful of capital letters from this document was not sufficient to develop all capital letters. The capital letters were fitted to the characteristics of the small letters, to achieve a harmonious optical impression.