Typophile

Roman — or — roman typeface?

Gemma Bayly

Does anyone know if you capitalize ’roman’ when referring to a typeface?

Wiki says no, but can you really trust an open-forum encyclopedia?

I would say no, don’t capitalise roman as an adjective describing a typeface, unless of course you are an archaeologist and you dig up a Roman typeface. :)

>unless of course you are an archaeologist and you dig up a Roman typeface

A more recent example... http://www.gerardunger.com/fontstore/store-capitolium.html

However, when it’s

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