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What is the difference between ‘Roman letters’ and ‘Latin letters’?

Asked by ah020387 (49points) March 14th, 2011

Are ‘Roman letters’ and ‘Latin letters’ the same thing?

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Often ‘Roman’ simply refers to the normal variant of a typefont.
A font’s ‘roman’ form is the most like printing, whereas a font’s ‘italic’ form is more like script [slanted and curvier].

Latin letters and Roman letters generally refer to the same thing, although it is possible that “Roman” refers to a more finalized version.
Latin letters evolution here

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