Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
Posture
Roman letters are those whose vertical axis is 90° to the baseline; they stand upright. Italic
letters, developed by humanist scholars during the Renaissance, slant 12° to 15° to the right, mim-
icking the slant of handwriting.
Style
This term is used to describe (1) the two major classes of type—serif (having little feet at
the ends of the strokes) and sans serif (having no such feet); (2) the historical period in which the
