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Roman Con Rolls Off the Tongue

Roman letters are sparer and more vertical than their black letter counterparts. Scholars were rediscovering ancient roman texts around the same time as gutenberg was printing bibles in germany. To day, almost all major western typeases are roman - from time's new roman to aerial.

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