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In the history of Western typography, humanist minuscule gained prominence as a basis for the typesetter's roman typeface, as it was standardized by Aldus Manutius, who introduced his revolutionary italic typeface based on the chancery hand in Venice, 1501, and practiced by designer-printers Nicolas Jenson and Francesco Griffo, respectively ...
Bembo is a roman typeface (shown with italic) dating to 1928 based on punches cut by Francesco Griffo in 1494. [1] [2] [3] [4]In Latin script typography, roman is one of the three main kinds of historical type, alongside blackletter and italic.
Bembo is a serif typeface created by the British branch of the Monotype Corporation in 1928–1929 and most commonly used for body text.It is a member of the "old-style" of serif fonts, with its regular or roman style based on a design cut around 1495 by Francesco Griffo for Venetian printer Aldus Manutius, sometimes generically called the "Aldine roman".
The svelte French style reached its fullest refinement in the roman types attributed to the best-known figure of French typography—Claude Garamond (also Garamont). In 1541 Robert Estienne , printer to the king, helped Garamond obtain commissions to cut the sequence of Greek fonts for King Francis I of France , known as the " grecs du roi ".
Examples of Roman-style lettering can be seen in many places across Britain. [97] Kindersley's street sign font is one of the most common designs for street signs in Britain. [76] Use of the Trajan style of lettering has declined somewhat due to changing tastes, with a desire for new styles of lettering.
In the mid-1960s, a derivative of Times New Roman known as 'Press Roman' was used as a font for the IBM Composer. [161] This was an ultra-premium electric 'golfball' typewriter system, intended to be used for producing high-quality office documents or copy to be photographically enlarged for small-scale printing projects. [ 161 ]
Caslon Old Face is a typeface with multiple optical sizes, including 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 22, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 60, 72, 96 points. Each font has small capitals, long esses and swash characters. The 96 point font came in roman only and without small capitals. Caslon Old Face was released in July 2001.
Nicholas (or Nicolas) Jenson (c. 1420–1480) was a French engraver, pioneer, printer and type designer who carried out most of his work in Venice, Italy.Jenson acted as Master of the French Royal Mint at Tours and is credited with being the creator of one of the finest early Roman typefaces.