Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Roman Alphabet | 7th century BC

What was the basis of the Roman uppercase alphabet?
greek alphabet

What were the purposes of the formal and informal styles of lettering?
formal script was for important documents
informal script was for quicker writings like a letter

Why is the Roman alphabet the most widely used and what contributions did it make?it is refined way of writing. they used serifs, baseline

From where did serifs originate?
carving of words in to stone, stone men added hooks to tips of letters to prevent the chisel from slipping

When and where did lowercase, or minuscule, letters develop?
lowercase was used for informal writings

What is a ligature and why were they utilized?the connection of two letters in scrips

Post an example of the Roman alphabet in visual form.

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