Old-Style Antiqua
Font classification: Group 1
Brief summary of Characteristics:
Axis strongly to the left, concave, rounded serifs, crossbar oblique (e.g. "e")
Group 1: Old-Style Antiqua:
Old-Style Antiqua is modelled on the Capitalis Monumentalis (Roman Capitalis). Furthermore, it can be traced back to the humanistic minuscules of the 15th century, which were written with a broad pen.
The line weights of the hairline and stem stroke differ only slightly. The axis of the well-formed characters is oblique (bent to the left).
Ascenders and Majuscules are the same height. The Serifs are rounded.
Examples of Old Style Antiqua fonts:
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Golden Type
Stempel Schneidler
Centaur Antiqua
Janson Text
- Old-Style Antiqua
