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Roman (typeface style group)

Scope note

Large group of typefaces based generally on 15th-century Italian letterforms, that is, using the Latin alphabet and neither black letter nor distinctly script forms. A roman typeface, in this sense, may include an accompanying italic face. For roman as the opposite of italic, use "roman (upright typeface group)."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000211185

Broader Terms used

typefaces

Created

13yrs ago

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