Antiqua (typeface class)
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Antiqua (typeface class)
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Antiqua is a style of typeface used to mimic styles of handwriting or calligraphy common during the 15th and 16th centuries. Letters are designed to flow, and strokes connect together in a continuous fashion; in this way it is often contrasted with Fraktur-style typefaces where the individual strokes are broken apart. The two typefaces were used alongside each other in the germanophone world, with the Antiqua–Fraktur dispute often dividing along ideological or political lines. After the mid-20th
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Typefaces that mimic 15C and 16C handwriting
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua_(typeface_class)
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2024-04-10T05:30:19Z
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