Greek minuscule

[1] It replaced the earlier style of uncial writing, from which it differed in using smaller, more rounded and more connected letter forms, and in using many ligatures.

For this reason, uncial manuscripts are today extremely rare, while early minuscule manuscripts are often the oldest preserved sources attesting an ancient work and may therefore be of central importance for its philological study.

In the modern era, western printers used minuscule book hands as a model for developing early Greek print fonts.

Like with Latin, it became common to mix minuscule writing with some uncial or capital letters, with the latter used for emphasis, in titles and initials.

From this practice, the modern orthographic system of letter case for Greek arose.

Earliest type of minuscule writing, from a 10th-century manuscript of Thucydides .
Later minuscule, 15th-century manuscript of Aristotle .