roman print

Thân thiện

The museum label uses roman print for the Latin inscription.

Definition

Noun: - A typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions: This refers to a style of lettering characterized by upright, proportioned characters with serifs, modeled after the classical capital letters found on Roman monuments and manuscripts. It is the standard, non-italic, non-bold text style in typography.

Usage

• Roman print is the default, upright style of type, as opposed to or styles.
• It is commonly used for the main body of text in books, documents, and on screens due to its high readability.
• The term is often used in publishing, design, and word processing contexts to specify a font style.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• In formal typographic specification, "roman" (often lowercase 'r') is used as a standard term to denote the regular upright font within a type family (e.g., "Use the roman weight of the font for the paragraph text").
• The distinction between roman print and is fundamental in textual emphasis and citation styles (e.g., MLA, APA).

Variants and Related Words

• Roman (adj): Pertaining to the upright style of a typeface.
  • Set the title in roman letters.
• Roman type (n): A synonym for roman print.
• Antiqua (n): The German and Central European term for roman typefaces.

Synonyms

• Upright type
• Regular type
• Book weight (in specific typographic contexts)

Antonyms

• Italic print
• Oblique type
• Boldface (though bold is a weight, not a posture)

Related Phrases

• In roman: Set or printed using roman type.
  • The foreign phrase should be set in roman.
• Roman font: Often used interchangeably with roman print to refer to the typeface style.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions

Từ đồng nghĩa

• roman
• roman type
• roman letters