It was used from approximately the 3rd century to the 7th century and uses letter forms that are more recognizable to modern eyes. The remsen script font is a digital recreation of the fine engrossing handwriting of a colonial american penman. New American Cursive I Iris Hatfield 9780979767807 Amazon Com Fonts 1 10 of 78. Old american cursive . New roman also called minuscule cursive or later cursive developed from old cursive. Remsen script is a fine handwritten cursive modeled after a three page appeal by a group of philadelphia merchants for fair trans atlantic commerce in the days leading up to the revolutionary war. The merchants appeal failed of course but the broadside survives as an ancestral keepsake of a family named remsen. Legibility ease of use and speed. Here is a sample of these records from our most celebrated milestones to little known surprises. A b d and e have taken a more familiar shape and the other letters are proportionate to each other rather than ...