Italic script, also known as chancery cursive and Italic hand, is a semi-cursive, slightly sloped style of handwriting and calligraphy that was developed during the Renaissance in Italy. It is one of
Example page of the "Italique Hande" from a copy of A booke containing diuers sortes of hands... first published in 1570.
Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi was a papal scribe and type designer in Renaissance Italy.
Regola da imparare scrivere varii caratteri de littere con li suoi compassi et misure, 1533
Page from La Operina, 1522. From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress.
Page from Il Modo de Temperare le Penne, 1523. From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress.