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Bringing it in true old-school fashion, a rare surviving example of a 16th-century design portfolio, of the kind used by Medieval bookbinders to show off their typefaces, has been discovered in England. The Macclesfield Alphabet Book is more than just a prop for ye olde job interviewe. It features 14 different types of decorative alphabets—including anthropomorphic, zoomorphic and foliate alphabets, and two sets of borders in remarkably preserved colors and gold. The British Library is eager to acquire the book, and so far they've raised £340,000 of the £600,000 purchase price from the library of the Earls of Macclesfield.

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