I know I can’t use this excuse for too long but I am a newbie, 3 days with my Glowforge and I love using it!!! I have been asked to create small 1x3 plaques for antique Bibles. The earliest one was hand written in the 13th century. What would be a good font to use on the plaques?
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Start with any of the Old Englishes?
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Doing a 13th century writing search showed a specific looking font used a lot with minor flourish changes across the board, which would happen if all were hand written. (see images below).
Fast examination on a few font sites and hermandec (Herman Decanus AH) was only one to bubble out that could be read without struggling too hard.
Not sure that is what you are seeking. If not, a lot of free font sites exist and I only looked at 3 of them.
In conclusion, you may have to decide, much like some fancy calligraphy fonts, where to draw a line between easy to read versus optics.
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Specifically you should look for a font called Blackletter. That time period it was all still hand written so there will be some variation 
Most of the “Old English” ones add a lot of flourishes that are extraneous and make it harder to read.
This one is a nice font: Archking Font | typefactory | FontSpace
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Thank you everyone. I found a few from your suggestions that are hard contenders.
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