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Perfect, Christopher. The Complete Typographer: A Manual for Designing with Type" Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-045667-5.

p. 178 in the "Display" chapter, under the heading "Types based on Handwriting":

Uncials and half uncials were in widespread use as book scripts (especially in Ireland) between the 4th and 9th centuries. Victor Hammer, a German type designer and calligrapher, was responsible for a revival of these letterforms in the first half of the 20th century. American Uncial (1945), his best-known type, was issued by Stempel in 1952. Uncials are hardly ever seen nowadays, except perhaps as nostalgic faces to advertise handmade crafts, for example.

Lawson, Alexander S. Anatomy of a Typeface. David R. Godine Publisher, 1990 ISBN 0879233338. Chapter 2: "Hammer Uncial" pp. 35-46.

List of (early) 20th century uncials-based typefaces:

- Otto Hupp Hupp Unziale 1909 Klingspor
Victor Hammer (1921) Hammer Unziale or "Hammerschrift", Klingspor Foundry, Offenbach, 1925, cut by A. Schuricht
Hammer Samson 1929, Stamperia del Santuccio, cut by Paul Koch
- Karl Uhlemann/Colm O Lochlain Colmcille or "Colum Cille" Monotype 1936 a Gaelic looking type that worked well as a Roman text face
Frederic W. Goudy (1937) Friar (destroyed in 1939 fire)
Sjoerd Hendrick de Roos (1938) Libra Typefoundry Amsterdam, 1939
Hammer ~1939, unnamed, ATF, never produced outside of specimen sheet
Hammer American Uncial (or Neue Hammer Unziale), Klingspor/Stempel (Dearborn Type Foundry?)
G. G. Lange Solemnis Berthold, Berlin, 1953
Hammer Andromaque Deberny et Peignot, Paris, 1959

Classification of uncials

Haralambous, Yannis; Scott Horne, Translated by P. (2007), Fonts & Encodings, Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media, pp. 409-423, ISBN 978-0-596-10242-5

Vox/ATypI - included in "Manuals" group, not its own class
Alessandrini Codex 80 - group 12 of 19 "Onciales" (uncials) are merely the scripts inspired by - uncial handwriting. This category also includes the scripts that are called "Celtic".
IBM Classification - Class 10 "scripts"; Subclass 1 "uncial"

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