Greek Alphabet
What were the purposes of the formal and informal styles of lettering?
Formal-Important manuscripts, official documents
Informal-letters, quick writing
Why is the Roman alphabet the most widely used and what contributions did it make?
Easy to use; serifs, baseline, type aligned in rows,
From where did serifs originate?
Stone masons added it to keep their chisel from slipping, in Italy
When and where did lowercase, or minuscule, letters develop?
Rome, with the baseline
What is a ligature and why were they utilized?a printed or written character consisting of two or more letters or characters joined together
Post an example of the Roman alphabet in visual form.
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