Roman Typography

 Of all western typography Roman is a style most widely used. Others being Blackletter and Italic. Traditional Roman types are serif based on the style of ancient Rome and is typical in typography today, the serifs were added to give the stonecutters a baselineat the edges of each character stoke.

Nicolas Jenson is noted for developing the Roman typeface we understand today, constructed when he moved to venice this Roman typeface was developed in line with typograpical principles, as opposed to the old manuscript models.