The New Typography

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ornaments [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili). The type that now came into use
was "Antiqua" (roman). (The earlier use of a gothicized roman in Rome. by
Sweynheim and Pannartz. was part of the change of style which began ear­
lier in Ita ly.) The new style originated in Italy about 1450. but did not
spread to other countries until considerably later.

A page of the
Hypnerotomachia
Poliphili.
Aldus Manutius,
Venice 1499.

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