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Type faces
The design of the letters used in printed books is known as a Type face. The design of type faces changed radically from the invention of printing by Johan Gutenberg to the present day, although many of the type faces that we are used to, and take for granted, were designed by printers in the 15th century. Choose from the following for more information:
Gothic or Black Letter , Roman , Italic