Sample text from the first truly Roman font -- by Nicholas Fabian.
Sample text from the first truly
Roman font

First Roman font
Type sample from Speculum Humanae Vitae of 1468, the first truly Roman font in the world. The typeface was designed and cut by Conrad Sweynheym during 1467 in Rome, after his arrival from Subiaco.

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