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  2. Serif - Wikipedia

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    Serifs originated from the first official Greek writings on stone and in Latin alphabet with inscriptional lettering—words carved into stone in Roman antiquity.The explanation proposed by Father Edward Catich in his 1968 book The Origin of the Serif is now broadly but not universally accepted: the Roman letter outlines were first painted onto stone, and the stone carvers followed the brush ...

  3. Lombardic capitals - Wikipedia

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    Lombardic capitals in a manuscript (the Ambraser Heldenbuch, fol. 75v, c. 1516) Lombardic capitals is the name given to a type of decorative uppercase letter used in inscriptions and, typically, at the start of a section of text in medieval manuscripts. [1] They are characterized by their rounded forms with thick, curved stems.

  4. Typeface anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Anatomy of a Devanagari typeface. Typeface anatomy describes the graphic elements that make up letters in a typeface. [1][2] Typefaces are born from the struggle between rules and results. Squeezing a square about 1% helps it look more like a square; to appear the same height as a square, a circle must be measurably taller.

  5. Calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instrument. [1]: 17 Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious, and skillful manner". [1]: 18.

  6. Typography - Wikipedia

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    Typography is also the work of graphic designers, art directors, manga artists, comic book artists, and, now, anyone who arranges words, letters, numbers, and symbols for publication, display, or distribution, from clerical workers and newsletter writers to anyone self-publishing materials. Until the Digital Age, typography was a specialized ...

  7. Fraktur - Wikipedia

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    A modern sans-serif and four blackletter typefaces (left to right): Textur (a), Rotunda, Schwabacher and Fraktur. Fraktur (German: [fʁakˈtuːɐ̯] ⓘ) is a calligraphic hand of the Latin alphabet and any of several blackletter typefaces derived from this hand. It is designed such that the beginnings and ends of the individual strokes that ...

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