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Roman type

In Latin script typography, roman is one of the three main kinds of historical type, alongside blackletter and italic. Sometimes called normal or regular, it is distinct from these two for its upright style (relative to the calligraphy-inspired italic) and its simplicity (relative to blackletter).

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Roman type

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples29
Avg. degree1.92
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Roman type

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related to history · 11
Roman type → Aldus Manutius, Carolingian, Early, European, France, Nicolas Jenson, Printers, Robert Estienne, Roman, Rome, Venice
related to Use today · 10
Roman type → Baskerville, Bembo, Caslon, Garamond, Italian, Jenson, Popular, Renaissance, The, Times New Roman

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roman italic type style blackletter typefaces history early used upright today typography renaissance jenson antiqua oblique instance robert bringhurst elements

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Nicolas Jensoninstance ofPrinters and typefounders0.80text
Aldus Manutius in Veniceinstance ofPrinters and typefounders0.80text
later Robert Estienne in France codified the modern characteristics of Roman typeinstance ofPrinters and typefounders0.80text
for instance an 'h' with a nearly straight right leginstance ofPrinters and typefounders0.80text
serifs on the outside of the capital 'M'instance ofPrinters and typefounders0.80text
'N'instance ofPrinters and typefounders0.80text
and 'e' with a level cross strokeinstance ofPrinters and typefounders0.80text
by the 1530sinstance ofPrinters and typefounders0.80text
Roman typerelated to historyRoman0.60section
Roman typerelated to historyEuropean0.60section
Roman typerelated to historyRome0.60section
Roman typerelated to historyCarolingian0.60section

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