Micrography

When writing painting or writing painting is called painting with the pen, which the nice writers (also: calligraphers, Literalmaler and write master ) owes its origin, particularly in Nuremberg were active soon after the invention of printing and milliners were called.

First, they invented the small writing ( Micrographics ), their products have been written to the smallest room and taken into rings. The underlying texts are often to the Lord's Prayer or individual psalms.

Later they were looking through the lowercase words, and lines the strokes of the pen and brush to imitate, thus forming figures and whole images, called calligraphic images, Literalbilder or typefaces. The writing usually contained then the history of the person depicted, a eulogy of the same or biblical passages.

Calligraphic images are preserved, among others, Hans Wechter, Bernard de Paris, Etienne de Blégny and Jean Midolle.