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At points, the book must be rotated to be read, making it a prime example of ergodic literature. [1] [2] The book is most often described as a horror story, though the author has also endorsed readers' interpretation of it as a love story. [3] House of Leaves has also been described as an encyclopedic novel, [4] or conversely a satire of ...
Antiqua (typeface class) A facsimile of Nicolas Jenson's roman type used in Venice c. 1470. The abstracted long "s" (resembling a barless "f") fell out of use in the 19th century. The word "Antiqua" written in the Antiqua style. Antiqua ( / ænˈtiːkwə /) [ 1] is a style of typeface used to mimic styles of handwriting or calligraphy common ...
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 ...
While woodblock printing and movable type had precedents in East Asia, typography in the Western world developed after the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century. The initial spread of printing throughout Germany and Italy led to the enduring legacy and continued use of blackletter, roman, and italic types .
There were four distinct variants of ß in use in Antiqua fonts: Four forms of Antiqua Eszett: 1. ſs, 2. ſs ligature, 3. ſʒ ligature, 4. Sulzbacher form ſs without ligature, but as a single type, with reduced spacing between the two letters; the ligature of ſ and s inherited from the 16th-century Antiqua typefaces;
Antiquarian. An antiquarian or antiquary (from Latin antiquarius 'pertaining to ancient times') is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artefacts, archaeological and historic sites, or historic archives and manuscripts ...
Roman type. In Latin script typography, roman is one of the three main kinds of historical type, alongside blackletter and italic. Sometimes called normal, it is distinct from these two for its upright style (relative to the calligraphy-inspired italic) and its simplicity (relative to blackletter). During the early Renaissance, roman (in the ...
Former Lancaster County Councilman Allen Blackmon, state Rep. Matt Leber and Carlisle Kennedy, the three men who defeated the GOP “sister senators,” all describe themselves as anti-abortion ...